Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has issued a request for information (RFI) to gauge the market interest in upcoming tenders for the Sepia-2 and Atapu-2 floating production, storage and offloading vessels.

The planned contest for the two Petrobras-owned units is expected to follow closely on the heels of tenders for three chartered units and ahead of another planned contest for four more chartered units, expected in the second half of 2023.

“This will make nine big FPSOs to be built for Petrobras...