Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has initiated a scheduled shutdown at a field offshore Brazil, in preparation for the recertification of the floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is currently working on the field.
Enauta informed on Friday that the Atlanta field started its scheduled downtime with an estimated return in August.
According to the company, this downtime aims to comply with the Ministry of Labor’s normative requirements and prepare the FPSO to be recertified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas), in regards to a two-year extension of chartering, operation & maintenance (O&M) agreements for the FPSO Petrojarl I.
With estimated reserves of 106 MMbbl, theAtlanta fieldis operated by Enauta Energia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, which also has a 100 per cent interest in this asset.
Located in block BS-4 in theSantos Basin, at a 1,500-metre water depth, the field has been producing since 2018 through an Early Production System (EPS) – comprising three wells connected to the FPSOPetrojarl I.
The Brazilian firm opted for a single downtime for a combined execution of activities to “substantially reduce the time necessary.” After obtaining the recertification, the FPSO’s contractual extension will enable the production’s continued operation until the entry of the Full Development System (FDS).
To remind, anew development plan and contractual extensionfor this field’s concession agreement were recently approved, foreseeing the entry of theFDS, which was approved in February 2022. The start-up is expected by mid-2024, originally withsix wells, reachingten wells in 2029.
To this end, Enauta inked with Malaysia’s Yinson based on theLetter of Intent (LoI) from December 2021 and a purchase deal for the FPSOOSX-2 wasclosed in February. Currently, the vessel is being converted in Dubai Drydocks World.
Once the conversion is completed, the vessel – named FPSOAtlanta– will beoperated under ABS Classand it will be deployed at theAtlanta field.
