Petrobras FPSO P-79 departed from Hanwha Ocean shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, on November 11, 2025, heading to Búzios field (Santos Basin), where it will operate as “Búzios-8” unit. Designed to produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day and process 7.2 million m³/day of associated gas, the unit is expected to begin operations in early 2026. Petrobras also obtained environmental licenses authorizing an additional 20,000 bpd production capacity at Búzios.
P-79 mobilization marks another milestone in Petrobras’s large-scale expansion of pre-salt production capacity in Santos Basin, where multiple FPSOs are under construction or commissioning. The voyage will be carried out with crew on board to speed up the integration and commissioning schedule, once the unit arrives in Brazil.
The FPSO’s arrival and commissioning phases will define the startup timeline for Búzios-8. Industry forecasts to further consolidate Búzios as one of the world’s largest deepwater oil-producing fields.
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