Four FPSO conversions for the Buzios pre-salt area were originally earmarked for Inhauma with main contractor Enseada Naval.

Only one of these, the P-74, was converted at Inhauma, but Petrobras then concluded that attempting a simultaneous shipyard renovation posed a threat to the field development timetable.

Converting three tankers in China has raised some questions about whether the project will comply with Brazil's 65% local content requirements, enforced by hydrocarbons regulator ANP.

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