The FPSO P-78 arrived this Tuesday (September 30) at the Búzios Field, in the Santos Basin, located in ultra-deep waters up to 2,100 meters deep and about 180 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The unit departed from the Benoi shipyard in Singapore on July 13 and will soon begin operations for Petrobras.
In an official statement, Petrobras emphasized that the voyage was carried out with the crew on board, a strategy that will enable production to start about two weeks earlier than the traditional schedule. Before first oil, anchoring and interconnection to the producing wells will take place, a process expected to last around two months.
The FPSO has a processing capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil per day and can compress 7.2 million cubic meters of gas per day. The P-78 joins the FPSOs P-74, P-75, P-76, P-77, Almirante Barroso and Almirante Tamandaré already in operation at Búzios. The project includes 13 wells, with 6 producers (2 convertible to injectors), 6 WAG injectors, and 1 gas injector.
Petrobras expects to have the P-79, P-80, P-82, and P-83 in operation at Búzios by 2027. The field already produces close to 1 million boed and is expected to reach 1.5 million boed by 2030, consolidating its position as the largest deepwater development in the world.
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