{"id":342855,"date":"2026-03-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=342855"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:55:37","slug":"totalenergies-starts-up-lapa-southwest-project-off-the-coast-of-brazil","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/totalenergies-starts-up-lapa-southwest-project-off-the-coast-of-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"TotalEnergies Starts Up Lapa Southwest Project Off the Coast of Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TotalEnergies announced the startup of the <strong>Lapa Southwest project<\/strong>, located in the Santos Basin, approximately 300 kilometers off the coast of Brazil. The operation incorporates 3 subsea wells connected to the existing floating production, storage, and offloading (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/fpso-industry-offshore-advantages-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FPSO<\/a><\/strong>) unit in the Lapa field. <\/p>\n\n<p>With this expansion, the company adds <strong>25,000 barrels per day to the field&#8217;s production<\/strong>, strengthening its position in the South American country.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Efficient Production with Reused Infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n<p>The development of Lapa Southwest stands out for leveraging the available capacity of the Lapa FPSO to maximize performance <strong>without requiring new floating installations<\/strong>. This approach reduces both operational costs and associated emissions, aligning with the company&#8217;s sustainable growth strategy. <\/p>\n\n<p>According to Nicolas Terraz, President of Exploration and Production for the company, this step is key to meeting the goal of 3% annual production growth until 2030.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deepwater Energy Alliance<\/h2>\n\n<p>The project is operated by TotalEnergies with a 48% stake. Its partners are Shell (30%) and Repsol Sinopec Brasil (22%), in a collaboration that reinforces the productive potential of the Santos Basin, one of the most important in the country. <\/p>\n\n<p>The startup of Lapa Southwest follows the commissioning of the Mero-4 project in May 2025. Additionally, the company is already planning future developments for Atapu-2 and S\u00e9pia-2, estimated for 2029. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brazil, a Key Piece in TotalEnergies&#8217; Portfolio<\/h2>\n\n<p>Present in Brazil for five decades, TotalEnergies employs nearly <strong>4,000 people<\/strong> in the country and maintains operations across multiple energy sectors, including exploration and production, renewables, and chemicals.<\/p>\n\n<p>In 2025, the company&#8217;s average production in Brazil reached <strong>184,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day<\/strong>. Currently, it holds nine licenses in the country, operating four of them. <\/p>\n\n<p>The activation of the Lapa Southwest project consolidates TotalEnergies&#8217; strategy in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/brazil-projects-a-strong-rebound-in-oil-and-gas-exploration-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brazilian offshore<\/a><\/strong>. By leveraging existing infrastructure and focusing on low environmental impact, the company advances towards its expansion goals while diversifying its energy portfolio. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/totalenergies.com\/news\/press-releases\/brazil-start-lapa-south-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TotalEnergies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new phase of the Lapa field adds 25,000 barrels per day through three wells connected to the FPSO unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":342700,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-342855","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/342855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/342855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=342855"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=342855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}