Petrobras starts up second Búzios field floater

Petrobras has produced first oil and gas from the Búzios 2 area of the presalt Santos basin through the FPSO P-75.

This is the second floater installed on the Búzios field. The location is 210 kilometres (130 miles) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, in a water depth of 2,000 metres (6,562 feet).

The P-75 can process up to 150,000 bbl of oil and compress up to 6 MMcm of gas. It will produce through ten production wells supported by seven injection wells.

Oil will be offloaded to relief vessels, with gas exported through presalt pipeline routes.

Before year-end the company also expects to start up the FPSO P-67, currently on the Lula field, and P-76, which should head to the Búzios field in December.

Source: Offshore Magazine