Platform P-68 leaves the shipyard towards the fields of Berbigão and Sururu

The Petrobras P-68 platform left this Monday from Jurong Aracruz Shipyard, in Espírito Santo, to the Berbigão and Sururu fields, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The beginning of production of these fields is expected to start during the fourth quarter of 2019.

In line with the 2019-2023 Business and Management Plan, P-68 will be the fourth platform to come into operation in 2019 after P-67, P-76, and P-77, contributing to the projected growth of Petrobras production during this period.

The platform is of the FPSO type (floating production storage and offloading unit) and has the following characteristics:

● Oil processing capacity: 150,000 barrels/day;
● Gas processing capacity: 6m m³/day;
● Injection water treatment capacity: 180,000 barrels/day;
● Storage capacity: 1.6m barrels of oil;
● Depth anchorage: 2,280 m;
● Total length: 316 m;
● Width: 54 m;
● Height: 31.5 m.

The hull was built at Rio Grande Shipyard, in Rio Grande do Sul, and the module integration and commissioning of the unit were performed at Jurong Aracruz Shipyard, in Aracruz, Espírito Santo.

The Berbigão and Sururu fields are located in concession BM-S-11A, operated by Petrobras (42.5%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (25%), Total (22.5%), and Petrogal Brasil S.A. (10%), with the consortium companies owning P-68. The reservoirs of these fields extend to areas under the Onerous Assignment Agreement (100% Petrobras) and, after the unitization process, will constitute the shared deposits of Berbigão and Sururu.

Sharing is caring!