Petrobras starts up P-34 FPSO off Brazil

Dec. 21, 2006
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has brought online the P-34 floating production, storage, and offloading vessel, establishing first-phase production of Jubarte field off Espirito Santo, Brazil.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Dec. 21 -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has brought online the P-34 floating production, storage, and offloading vessel, establishing first-phase production of Jubarte field off Espirito Santo, Brazil.

P-34 flow will rise to nominal capacity of 60,000 b/d, including 15,000 b/d of 17° gravity oil from the Jubarte-4 horizontal well and output from three other wells.

Production from the second production well, ESS-110, could start by the end of this year.