New Petrobras FPSO Leaves China for Brazil

Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the Brazilian state company, announced that its Alexandre de Gusmao FPSO, with a capacity of 180,000 BBL/d and 12 million cubic meters of natural gas per day (m3/d), left China on its way to the Mero field, in Brazil's Santos Basin.

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The new FPSO is expected to be operational by the middle of next year and equipped with HISEP, a technology patented by Petrobras. This will allow the asset to separate underwater the oil from the associated gas, which is rich in carbon dioxide (CO2), and then reinject it into the reservoir to increase efficiency and reduce environmental impact and emissions.

Alexandre de Gusmao will join another four operational FPSOs in the ultra-deep waters of the Mero field, about 180 kilometers (111 miles) from Rio de Janeiro, to bring the asset's overall production capacity to the 770,000-BBL/d mark.

The Mero field is owned by a consortium led by Petrobras (38.6%), which is also the operator of the field, Shell Brasil (19.3%), TotalEnergies (19.3%), CNOOC (9.65%), CNPC (9.65%) and Pre-Sal Petroleo S.A (3.5%).

Petrobras foresees the installation of 14 new FPSOs between 2025 and 2030+, with another six under study, based on the company's business plan. The Buzios field will receive most of the new FPSOs, with six more arriving in the next few years, bringing its output to 2 million BBL/d by 2027.

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