The field, the largest in the country in terms of reserves, produces in the Santos Basin through six platforms. By the end of the year, the P-78 will be the seventh unit operating in Búzios.
The Búzios field , operated by Petrobras in the Santos Basin , reached a record daily average production of 1 million barrels per day on October 29th, surpassing the previous mark of 900,000 barrels achieved in August. The largest in the country in terms of reserves, Búzios is the second Petrobras field to exceed the 1 million barrel per day production mark. The first was Tupi, also in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin.
'Petrobras’ trajectory is marked by overcoming challenges, exploring new geological frontiers, and developing technologies. Every time they said it wouldn’t be possible, our technical team went there and did it. Today, 80% of our production comes from the pre-salt layer, where we have two giant fields, Búzios and Tupi. Each achievement is an incentive for us to continue surpassing the barriers of knowledge and generating, responsibly and safely, the energy that Brazil needs,' says the president of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard.
The Búzios field has achieved successive production records and boasts the most productive wells in the country, located more than 2,000 meters deep in the seabed. Its reservoir is as thick as Sugarloaf Mountain – and its extent is more than double that of Guanabara Bay. The field has six production units in operation: the P-74, P-75, P-76, and P-77 platforms, and the FPSOs Almirante Barroso and Almirante Tamandaré, the latter being the largest in the country in terms of production capacity, with 225,000 barrels/day. A new unit, the FPSO P-78, arrived at the field last month and is undergoing well interconnection to begin production soon.
Innovative and excellent in management practices, the Búzios 7 project , which in addition to the Almirante Tamandaré platform , includes all the subsea infrastructure, such as pipelines and wells, received today (October 30th) the OTC Brasil Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies , from the Offshore Technology Conference , one of the most important global technology events focused on the offshore oil and gas sector .
'Reaching 1 million barrels/day is a result that demonstrates the success of our strategies, which are well-suited to a field of exceptional magnitude and which, in addition to its gigantic volume, has substantial reserves of light oil. The entry of new projects such as Búzios 7 and the efficient management of the reservoirs contributed to this result,' says Petrobras' Exploration and Production Director, Sylvia Anjos.
The technologies awarded by OTC include the closed flare, which contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, and heat recovery, which reduces the additional energy demand for the unit.
The Búzios field is located in ultra-deep waters, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin (depth up to 2,100 meters), 180 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Búzios was discovered by Petrobras in 2010 and began operating in 2018. It is operated by Petrobras and has as partners the companies CNOOC and CNPC, in addition to PPSA.
Source: Petrobras
