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Brazil’s Largest Oil Field Is Nearing A Historic Milestone

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 26/02/2019 at 05:30
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The Lula Field Is About to Reach 1 Million Barrels of Oil Produced Per Day, Needing Only FPSO P-67 to Be Among the Top 3 Producers in the World

The largest oil-producing field in Brazil is approaching a significant milestone: Soon it will be producing 1 million barrels of oil per day, relying solely on the successful allocation of FPSO P-67 to reach this mark. The field already has 8 FPSOs interconnected to 41 wells that last December produced about 900,000 bpd of high-quality surplus oil.

The challenges have been and still are immense, but Brazil has great potential to return to being one of the largest oil producers in the world.

Lula Field – Technical Details

Milestones

  • 2000: BM-S-11 from the 2nd Round of Bidding
  • 2006: Discovery Well RJS-628 (Tupi)
  • 2009: Achieved 1st Oil – in the TLD
  • 2016: Production of 500 Mbpd

There are three major operators producing in Lula: Petrobras (65%), Shell (25%), and Petrogal (10%)

The features of the field are: Largest oil producer in the country, estimated reserves of 6.5 billion BOE, average API gravity of 31 (light oil), with sulfur content of 0.32%

Production Platforms Operating in the Lula Field

  • FPSO Cidade de Itaguaí ⇒ 113,212 bpd of oil – interconnected to 5 wells
  • FPSO Cidade Saquarema ⇒ 140,898 bpd of oil – interconnected to 6 wells
  • FPSO Cidade Angra dos Reis ⇒ 74,525 bpd of oil – interconnected to 5 wells
  • FPSO Cidade Maricá ⇒ 150,617 bpd of oil – interconnected to 5 wells
  • FPSO Cidade Paraty ⇒ 117,226 bpd of oil – interconnected to 6 wells
  • FPSO Cidade Mangaratiba ⇒ 139,334 bpd of oil – interconnected to 6 wells
  • FPSO P-69 ⇒ 25,861 bpd of oil – interconnected to 1 well
  • FPSO P-66 ⇒ 135,388 bpd of oil – interconnected to 7 wells
  • FPSO P-67 ⇒ Coming soon with detailed statistics

Currently, there are a total of 8 FPSOs and 41 interconnected wells. “They are studying an additional FPSO in West Lula. It will be the third-largest oil-producing well in the world after the Permian in the USA and the largest oil well in Saudi Arabia,” states Heleno Guimarães Carvalho, a professional in the administration field at Petrobras.

Analysis and development of the topic by Marcelo Gauto, Specialist in Oil, Gas, and Energy and Chemical Technician at Petrobras.

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Paulo Nogueira

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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