March 4 (oilnow.gy) Rystad Energy said TotalEnergies’ GranMorgu development offshore Suriname will feature a 50,000 ton topside and gas-processing capacity of 500 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), underscoring the country’s emergence in the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) segment.
In a February 19 report, Rystad Energy said, “TotalEnergies’ FPSO marks Suriname’s emergence in the FPSO segment, with the GranMorgu field requiring 50,000 tons of topside complexity, comparable to Brazil’s pre-salt.”
GranMorgu is Suriname’s first offshore oil development. It is designed as a standalone project centered on an FPSO vessel, and has a production capacity of 220,000 barrels per day. TotalEnergies said the project will develop the Sapakara and Krabdagu discoveries in Block 58 and hold more than 750 million barrels of recoverable resources.
Rystad Energy noted that the project’s technical parameters align with major Brazilian developments. “The project’s water depth of between 600 and 800 meters and gas-processing requirement of 500 million cubic feet per day position it as a technical analogue to developments in Brazil,” Rystad Energy stated.
During a webinar hosted by the Energy Industries Council on February 4, 2026, Michael Gow, Subsea7 Country Manager for Guyana and Suriname, said the subsea scope for GranMorgu is more than twice the size of ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail project in Guyana.
Yellowtail, ExxonMobil’s fourth oil development in the Stabroek Block, is already producing. It requires a smaller subsea build-out relative to GranMorgu.
Gow said GranMorgu introduces added technical complexity because the development stretches from shallow water into deepwater areas. “So Total[Energies] has to bring in shallow water bar drilling rigs as well as the deepwater [rig],” he noted.
TotalEnergies is the operator of the Block with a 50% working interest, along with APA Corporation holding 50%. First oil is expected in 2028.
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