Petrobras seeks 240 oil vessels in next 6 yrs-CFO

SEOUL, April 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras is seeking around 240 offshore oil development vessels in the next five to six years, its chief financial officer said on Monday, deals that could bring new life to the stagnant global shipbuilding sector.

"In the next five to six years, we are looking for 240 different vessels... (including) drillships, storage units, supply vessels, transportation vessels and others," Petrobras CFO Almir Barbassa told Reuters on the sidelines of a seminar held in Seoul.

Barbassa said that Petrobras (PETR4.SA) (PBR.N) would also issue tenders for eight floating product storage and offloading units (FPSO) and seven drill ships "soon."

(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)