Petrobras starts production from Anita Garibaldi FPSO offshore Brazil
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) began recovery of mature assets offshore Brazil with the start of production from the Anita Garibaldi floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
The MODEC-built FPSO is part of a project to revitalize Marlim and Voador oil and gas fields and will operate simultaneously in the post-salt and pre-salt, the company said in a release Aug. 16.
Production start on the vessel—which can produce up to 80,000 b/d of oil and process up to 7 million cu m/d of gas—follows the start of the Anna Nery FPSO earlier this year. Both vessels are intended to increase the longevity of the Campos basin and expand production (OGJ Online, May 8, 2023). The joint production capacity of the two units is up to 150,000 b/d of oil and processing capacity of up to 11 million cu m of gas.
The FPSOs are replacing nine platforms that operated in the basin that will be decommissioned. By reducing the number of platforms in operation in the two fields, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by more than 50%, Petrobras said.
The Marlim and Voador revitalization project, together with complementary development projects and revitalization projects of other fields, are expected to contribute to increasing production in the Campos basin to 920,000 boe/d in 2027 from the current 565,000 boe/d.
