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P-75 FPSO

P-75 is a converted-VLCC floating production, storage and offloading vessel serving Búzios 2 in Brazil’s Santos Basin. Oil and associated-gas production began in November 2018. Permanently moored about 210 kilometres offshore Rio de Janeiro in approximately 2,000 metres of water, it processes subsea wells, stores stabilised crude for shuttle-tanker offloading and exports treated gas through the pre-salt pipeline network.

Operator: Petrobras

Status: Operational

P-75 FPSO platform photo

Production: Oil

Operations start: 2018

Water depth: 2000 m

Country: Brazil

Block: Búzios Field

Type: FPSO

Field

Búzios is a giant pre-salt oil field about 180–210 kilometres offshore Rio de Janeiro in the ultra-deep-water Santos Basin. Its principal reservoirs are Lower Cretaceous lacustrine carbonates of the Barra Velha and Itapema formations, beneath the regional Ariri salt seal. Development uses multiple FPSO-centred subsea systems, with production and injection wells distributed across the large, structurally and stratigraphically complex accumulation.

Facilities

The Búzios 2 development was planned with 17 subsea wells connected to P-75: ten oil producers and seven injection wells. Subsea trees, production and injection flowlines, flexible risers and electro-hydraulic umbilicals connect the drill centres to the vessel. The FPSO’s documented topsides include multiphase separation and oil treatment, produced-water handling, seawater treatment and high-pressure injection, gas treatment, carbon-dioxide separation and compression, export-gas compression and injection-gas service. Treated gas also supplies fuel and gas-lift duties. P-75 was converted from a very large crude carrier and carries modular topsides above a double-hull storage vessel. Its cargo tanks hold approximately 1.4 million barrels of stabilised crude. Oil is transferred periodically to relief or shuttle tankers through the FPSO’s offshore offloading system; no permanent oil-export pipeline connects the vessel to shore. Gas is compressed for field use, reinjection or export through the Búzios subsea gas network and the wider pre-salt pipeline routes. The regional network includes Rota 3, which terminates at the Boaventura Energy Complex at Itaboraí. Permanent marine and process support includes power generation, fiscal and process metering, chemical injection, flare and pressure-relief systems, integrated control and safety systems, emergency shutdown, fire-and-gas detection, firewater, seawater lift, cargo handling and accommodation. The vessel remains fixed on location while subsea lines approach dedicated riser porches along the hull.

P-75 FPSO layout
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