TotalEnergies starts production at Lapa South-West project in Brazil
TotalEnergies announces the start of production at the Lapa South-West project, located in the Santos Basin, approximately 300 kilometers off the coast of Brazil. The French oil and gas group operates the project with a 48% interest.
The Lapa South-West project, comprising three wells connected to the existing Lapa Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit, will increase production from the Lapa field by 25,000 barrels per day.
"This project enables low-cost, low-emission oil production and contributes to achieving our production growth target of 3% per year through 2030," emphasizes Nicolas Terraz, President of Exploration & Production.
With this startup, TotalEnergies continues to ramp up its portfolio in Brazil, a key country for its growth, following the startup of Mero-4 in May 2025, and ahead of the Atapu-2 and Sépia-2 startups scheduled for 2029.
TotalEnergies SE is one of the leading worldwide oil groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- refining and chemistry (43.3%): refining of petroleum products (operated, at the end of 2025, 14 refineries throughout the world) and manufacture of basic chemistry (olefins, aromatics, polyethylene, fertilizer, etc.) and of specialty chemistry (rubber, resins, adhesives, etc.). The group is also operating in trading and sea transport of crude oil and oil products;
- petroleum products distribution (39.1%): at the end of 2025 operated 12,775 service stations worldwide;
- electricity generation (9.7%): from combined cycle gas plants and renewable energies;
- gas production, trading, transport and distribution (5%): primarily liquefied natural gas (43.9 million tons sold in 2025), natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas, etc.;
- hydrocarbon operating and production (2.8%): 2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent produced per day in 2025;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (22.8%), Europe (45%), Africa (10%), North America (7.2%) and other (15%).
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