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    1. Subsea

    Partners sanction Lapa SW subsea tieback offshore Brazil

    Jan. 17, 2023
    TotalEnergies, Shell and Repsol Sinopec have taken FID on the $1 billion Lapa South-West oil development, and Aker Solutions will deliver the subsea production system and related EPCI interfaces.
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    Repsol Sinopec Brasil Lapa South West

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    Courtesy TotalEnergies
    Total Energies Brazil Presalt Map
    PARIS, France—TotalEnergies and partners Shell and Repsol Sinopec have taken final investment decision on the $1 billion Lapa South-West oil development in the Santos Basin, 300 km offshore southern Brazil.

    Three development wells will be connected to the Lapa FPSO, 12 km distant, which has produced the northeast part of the Lapa Field since 2016.

    Production from Lapa South-West, due to start by 2025, will raise output from the Lapa Field by 25,000 bbl/d to 60,000 bbl/d.

    TotalEnergies has commissioned Aker Solutions to deliver the subsea production system and related EPCI interfaces for the Lapa South-West development.

    This involves a subsea tieback to the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba via in-place facilities and infrastructure.

    Aker Solutions’ package will include up to three subsea trees and control systems, tie-in, structures and subsea umbilicals, and associated equipment/installation work.

    With Saipem Brazil, the company will share responsibility for the EPCI interface management and will also upgrade the control system for the existing Lapa South-West subsea trees.

    Deliveries should take place between first-quarter and fourth-quarter 2024.

    The Lapa Field is in 2,250 m water depth in the BM-S-9A concession.

    01.17.2023

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