FPSO P-69 goes online in the Santos basin
Petrobras has started oil and gas production from the Lula Extremo Sul area in the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil.
The producing FPSO P-69, the eighth unit installed on the Lula field, is stationed about 290 kilometres (180 miles) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, in a water depth of 2,150 metres (7,054 feet).
The FPSO P-69 has the capacity to process up to 150,000 b/d of oil and compress up to six MMcm/d. It will ramp up production through eight producing and seven injection wells.
The Lula field is in the BM-S-11 concession operated by Petrobras (65%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (25%) and Petrogal Brasil SA (10%).
Source: Offshore Magazine