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The P-75 Oil Platform Arrives at Santos Basin

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 11/09/2018 at 23:19
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After Being Completed by the Rio Grande Shipyard Offshore, It Now Joins the Brazilian Pre-Salt Production Fleet

After being manufactured in China, the P-75 platform is now in Brazil, off the coast of Rio Grande in southern Rio Grande do Sul, to have its construction finalized. It will be the sixth platform completed in the state, following the P-53, P-55, P-58, P-63, and P-74.

The completion of the P-75, however, will be different: the vessel will not dock at the shipyard’s pier. The entire finalization process will take place offshore. It will be used to explore oil and natural gas in the Santos Basin off the coast of São Paulo.

This is another chapter in the story that began in 2013 when Petrobras and the QGI Shipyard, located in Rio Grande, signed the contract. By Petrobras’ decision, most of the P-75 project was carried out at the Cosco shipyard in Dalian.

In May, the platform began its journey to Rio Grande. It is now at the port entrance, undergoing final tests and inspection by the Federal Revenue Service. About 200 people are on board, mobilized for the operation. By the end of the year, the P-75 will start operating with a capacity to produce 150,000 barrels of oil and 6 million cubic meters of gas per day. By the end of the year, the arrival of the P-77 platform, also ordered by Petrobras, is expected.

At the peak of operations, the naval sector in Rio Grande employed over 20,000 workers. Today, according to the Metalworkers’ Union, about 250 people remain employed.

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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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