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FPSO P-78 (Búzios 6)
FPSO P-78 is an EPC-built unit (contractor: Seatrium) on the Búzios field, operated by Petrobras with a nameplate capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil per day. It started production in Dec 2025 and is producing.
- Status
- Producing
- Field
- Búzios
- Basin
- Santos
- Field operator
- Petrobras
- Contract model
- EPC
- Contractor / owner
- Seatrium
- Oil capacity
- 180,000 bpd
- First oil
- Dec 2025
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Other units at Búzios
| FPSO | Field | Field operator | Contract | Contractor / owner | Oil (bpd) | First oil | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-74 | Búzios | Petrobras | Owned (Petrobras) | Petrobras | 150,000 | Apr 2018 | Producing |
| P-75 | Búzios | Petrobras | Owned (Petrobras) | Petrobras | 150,000 | Nov 2018 | Producing |
| P-76 | Búzios | Petrobras | Owned (Petrobras) | Petrobras | — | Feb 2019 | Producing |
| P-77 | Búzios | Petrobras | Owned (Petrobras) | Petrobras | 150,000 | 2019 | Producing |
| Almirante Barroso (MV32) | Búzios | Petrobras | Charter | MODEC | 150,000 | May 2023 | Producing |
| Almirante Tamandaré | Búzios | Petrobras | Charter | SBM Offshore | 225,000 | Feb 2025 | Producing |
| P-79 (Búzios 8) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Saipem + Hanwha Ocean | 180,000 | May 2026 | Producing |
| P-80 (Búzios 9) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2027 | Under construction |
| P-82 (Búzios 10) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2027 | Under construction |
| P-83 (Búzios 11) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2027 | Under construction |
Other Seatrium units in Brazil
| FPSO | Field | Field operator | Contract | Contractor / owner | Oil (bpd) | First oil | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-80 (Búzios 9) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2027 | Under construction |
| P-82 (Búzios 10) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2027 | Under construction |
| P-83 (Búzios 11) | Búzios | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2027 | Under construction |
| P-84 (Atapu 2) | Atapu | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2029–30 | Under construction |
| P-85 (Sépia 2) | Sépia | Petrobras | EPC | Seatrium | 225,000 | 2029–30 | Under construction |
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Pedro Sotomayor, PMP® — Senior Cost Engineer on FPSO projects, 15+ years in offshore cost engineering and project controls. Every figure in this directory links to a public source.