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P-68, The Fourth Unit Of The Petrobras Replicants Series, Started Operation In The Pre-Salt In 2019, With Capacity To Produce Up To 150 Thousand Bpd And Process 6 Million M3 Of Gas Per Day.
Petrobras reported on this day (09/14) to the market, that its platform ship P-68, operating in the Berbigão and Sururu fields in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, set a record for daily production on the last day 10/08, with a volume of 161,756 barrels of oil per day (bpd).
According to the state company’s report, this mark was achieved with the start of production of the ninth producing well (7-SRR-6D-RJS), surpassing the previous record reached in June of this year, of 157 thousand bpd.
P-68 Ready For The Berbigão-Sururu Field
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To achieve the new record for oil production, it was supported by studies to increase the platform’s capacity, under the strictest safety conditions, with authorization from the competent external agencies.
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In addition, to reach this volume, the platform is operating with nine producing wells, four of which use gas lift as an artificial lift method to increase reservoir productivity.
The P-68 unit of Petrobras is an FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) type platform, which started operation in 2019, with the capacity to produce up to 150 thousand bpd and process 6 million m3 of gas per day.
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P-68 operates about 230 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, at a water depth of 2,280 meters.
The FPSO was the fourth unit of the replicants series (systems with standardized designs) to start operating in the pre-salt.
The Berbigão and Sururu fields are located in the BM-S-11A concession, operated by Petrobras (42.5%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (25%), Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. (22.5%), and Petrogal Brasil S.A. (10%).
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