Petrobras received on Monday (01/02) the commercial proposals from the pre-qualified companies for the bidding for the construction of the P-78 and P-79 platforms, which will operate in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt basin of Santos. Three proposals were received, made by the companies Keppel (Singapore), Samsung (South Korea) and Daewoo (South Korea). It is part of the plans presented by the bidders to hire national companies, such as Brasfels (Angra dos Reis - RJ) and EBR (São José do Norte - RS) shipyards. All the proponent groups confirmed the service to the local content of 25% and presented an indication of services to be performed in Brazil through partnership or subcontracting to national companies. The local content index is a requirement foreseen in a public notice and committed to the ANP for the Surplus of Transfer of Rights of the Búzios field.

The platforms P-78 and P-79 are of the FPSO type, acronym in English for the unit that produces, stores and transfers oil and gas. The units will be part of Petrobras' new generation of platforms, which incorporates improvements and lessons learned from the experience in the last 10 years in the pre-salt and other offshore projects. The bidding process follows Law 13.303 / 2016 and started in July 2020, with the participation of 10 national and international companies, all with recognized experience and technical and financial capacity compatible with the required construction. The current contracting and construction strategies adopted by Petrobras aim to avoid delays in the delivery of the systems and accelerate the beginning of the development of the production areas.

The proposals received that week are being judged by the Bidding Commission. Then, the negotiation process for more advantageous conditions for Petrobras will be initiated, as provided for in Petrobras' Bidding and Contracts Regulation. It is expected that the final proposals for the construction of the two units will be approved in the first half of 2021. The platforms are expected to start operating in 2025, with the capacity to process 180 thousand barrels of oil and 7.2 million m3 of oil daily. gas, each.