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The Petrobras platform vessel P-68, which operates in the Santos Basin pre-salt – near the coast of Rio de Janeiro, breaks production record and reaches more than 161 barrels of oil per day!

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published 14/10/2022 às 16:47
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Platform vessel P-68 Petrobras – Image PortalR3

P-68, the fourth unit in the series of Petrobras replicants, went into operation in the pre-salt layer in 2019, with the capacity to produce up to 150 bpd and process 6 million m3 of gas per day.

Petrobras informed the Market on this day (14/09), that its P-68 platform vessel, which operates in the Berbigão and Sururu fields, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, broke a daily production record on October 8, with a volume of 10 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

According to the state-owned company's report, this mark was reached with the entry into production of the ninth producing well (7-SRR-6D-RJS), surpassing the previous record, reached in June this year, of 157 bpd.

P-68 ready for the Berbigão-Sururu field

Platform P-68 is operating with nine oil producing wells

To reach the new oil production record, it was supported by studies to increase the platform's capacity, within the most rigorous safety conditions, with authorization from the competent external bodies.

In addition, to reach this volume, the platform is operating with nine producing wells, four of which use gas lift as an artificial elevation method to increase reservoir productivity.

The petrobras P-68 unit is an FPSO-type platform (floating oil production, storage and transfer unit), which started operating in 2019, with the capacity to produce up to 150 bpd and process 6 million m3 of gas per day.

Fields belonging to the BM-S-11A concession are operated by Petrobras in partnership with the oil companies Shell, Total and Petrogal

P-68 operates approximately 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 in the series of replicants (systems with standardized designs) to start operating in the pre-salt layer.

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 the Petrogal Brasil SA (10%).

Flavia Marinho

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