Petrobras' New FPSO at Mero Field Offshore Brazil Begins Production

May 28, 2025--Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras' (NYSE:PBR) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Alexandre de Gusmao FPSO is the fourth floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) platform in the Mero oil field, which now has a production capacity of 770,000 barrels per day (BBL/d). The Alexandre de Gusmao FPSO has started production at the Mero field, in the Libra offshore block, in Brazil. This is the fourth platform to come online as part of this offshore asset, located in the Santos Basin, about 180 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro's coast.