Normal procedure on any production platform, including Petrobras units, the gas is burned when it is not possible to process it, for safety reasons or excess
The CPG received a video about an alleged burning Petrobras platform, the Cherne-2, a fixed production platform that incorporates the Congro, Cherne and Malhado fields in the Campos Basin. Perhaps because he had never seen it, the tanker who recorded the video did not know that the huge smoke screen that appeared over the unit was a common maneuver. Watch the following video:
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Read what the state company says about gas flaring" The burning of a portion of the natural gas produced is inherent to the oil industry and occurs for safety reasons (torch pilot of production facilities), at the beginning of platform operation (during the commissioning phase of its compression plant and gas pipeline export) and maintenance stoppages, as well as temporary emergency situations or operational limitations.” Taken from the article: Burning of Natural Gas: Letter to the Globe.
It is worth mentioning that this burning is not limited only to the offshore production unit. Those natural gas flare towers needed in offshore, onshore production systems and also in processing plants and refineries.
As we found out, it was just an excess of associated gas burning, and due to the volume, it ended up forming that thick, dark cloud.
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