FPSO Starts Ops in Santos Basin Pre-Salt

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(Petrobras, 1.Aug.2015) – On July 31, 2015, the Cidade de Itaguaí started up production to commence the operational phase of the Iracema Norte project. This area is located in the Lula oilfield off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the Santos Basin pre-salt.

The floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Cidade de Itaguaí is anchored at 2,220 meters, some 240 km offshore. It has capacity to process up to 150 Mb/d of oil and 8 MMcm/d of gas, and storage capacity of 1.6 MMbbls of oil.

The 7-LL-36A-RJS well, the first to be connected to the FPSO, has a production potential of 32 Mb/d. The oil produced in the Iracema Norte area is high quality and of medium density (30º API) and will be transported by shuttle tankers. FPSO Cidade de Itaguaí will be connected to 8 production wells and 9 injection wells. It is expected to reach peak production of 150 Mb/d at the beginning of 2017.

The vessel’s modules were built and integrated in Brazil at shipyards in Rio de Janeiro (Itaguaí and Angra dos Reis) and São Paulo (São Sebastião). The Iracema Norte area is located in the BM-S-11 concession, operated by Petrobras (WI 65%) in association with BG E&P Brasil Ltda (WI 25%) and Petrogal Brasil S.A. (WI 10%).

TABLE 1: Technical characteristics

Oil production capacity ———— 150 Mb/d

Natural gas treatment capacity —- 8 MMcm/d

Storage capacity ——————— 1.6 MMbbls of oil

Water depth ————————– 2,220 meters

Source: Petrobras

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