Offshore staff
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Petrobras has started production through the FPSO Sepetiba at the deepwater Mero Field in the Libra Block in Brazil’s presalt Santos Basin.
The platform, located more than 180 km from the coast of Rio de Janeiro, is the third production system to operate on Mero. It has capacity to produce 180,000 bbl/d of oil with compression of up to 12 MMcf/d (associated CO2-rich gas is reinjected into the reservoir) via a network of eight producer and eight water/gas injection wells.
It also marks the startup of the project’s second development phase, Mero-2, which will lift overall production capacity to 410,000 bbl/d, according to partner TotalEnergies.
Two further phases of 180,000 bbl/d each, Mero-3 and Mero-4, are under construction, with both set to go onstream by 2025.
Petrobras chartered the FPSO from SBM Offshore. Other partners in the development are Shell, CNPC, CNOOC, and Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) (3.5%), the federal government's representative in the non-contracted area.
In addition, Petrobras and Equinor Energy have signed contracts for the Campos Basin Integrated Natural Gas Flow System (SIE-BC) and access to the Cabiúnas Gas Treatment Unit (UTGCAB).
This allows Equinor to transport natural gas from the Roncador Field in the Campos Basin, in which the company has a 25% stake. Petrobras operates Roncador with a 75% interest.
The SIE-BC comprises offshore and overland pipelines, which connect to the UTGCAB, all owned by Petrobras.
Elsewhere, the company has contracts to share the infrastructure in the Santos Basin, the Catu Cluster and the Cacimbas Cluster.
SIE-BC gas pipelines and Campos Basin natural gas processing plant
01.02.2024
