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    1. Production

    Petrobras starts up Espadarte FPSO

    Jan. 9, 2007
    The Cidade do Rio de Janeiro FPSO went online today, according to Petrobras. The Espadarte field facility in the Campos basin can produce 100,000 b/d of oil, 2.5 MMcm/d (88 MMcf/d) of gas, and store 1.6 MMbbl of oil.

    Offshore staff

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil --The Cidade do Rio de Janeiro FPSO went online today, according to Petrobras. The Espadarte field facility in the Campos basin can produce 100,000 b/d of oil, 2.5 MMcm/d (88 MMcf/d) of gas, and store 1.6 MMbbl of oil.

    Full production is expected this year with nine subsea completions – five for production and four for water injection. A new oil lifting system developed by Cenpes, the Petrobras research center, uses subsea pumps to help move the oil onto the FPSO.

    The FPSO is contracted from Modec International LLC.

    01/09/2007