Petrobras Produces First Oil From FPSO P-68 in Berbigão, Watch the Video of the Start of Associated Gas Flaring and Offshore Workers Celebrating

The Brazilian State Oil and Gas Company Petrobras Has Started Oil and Natural Gas Production at the P-68 FPSO in the Berbigão Field in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt

The Jurong Aracruz Shipyard completed the P-68 project for Petrobras, and the FPSO left the shipyard in September 2019. The hull was built at the Rio Grande shipyard in Rio Grande do Sul, and the integration and commissioning of the unit’s modules were carried out at EJA. The state of RS still has many job openings, check here.

After the P-67 in the Lula Field and the P-76 and P-77 in the Búzios Field, the P-68 is the fourth unit to begin operations in 2019, Petrobras reported on Thursday. With a capacity to process up to 150,000 barrels of oil per day and compress up to 6 million m³ of natural gas, the P-68 will contribute to Petrobras’ production increase, especially in 2020, with the interconnection of new wells in the Berbigão Field and interconnection of wells in the Sururu Field.

The platform, an FPSO unit, is located approximately 230 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro at a water depth of 2,280 meters. The project plans the interconnection of the P-68 with ten production wells and seven injection wells. The unloading of the oil production will be carried out by tanker ships, while the gas production will be transported through the pre-salt pipeline routes.

The Berbigão and Sururu fields are located in BM-S-11A (Iara license), operated by Petrobras (42.5%), in partnership with Shell (25%), Total (22.5%), and Petrogal Brasil (10%). The reservoirs of these fields also extend to areas under the Transfer of Rights Agreement (100% Petrobras), and after the unitization process, they will make up the joint reservoir of Berbigão and Sururu.

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In a separate statement on Friday (15th), Total said that the FPSO P-68 was the first of the two FPSOs in the license. The second FPSO, the P-70, is expected to start operations in 2020. Each unit has a capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day. It also highlights its upcoming milestones in Brazil:

“The first oil from Iara is a new milestone for Total in Brazil. This increases our participation in the production of the highly prolific pre-salt area, boosting the current production from the Lapa field operated by Total and the ongoing extended well tests in the Mero field,” said Arnaud Breuillac, President of Exploration and Production at Total.

Videos of the Beginning of Associated Gas Flare (2 Different Angles)