Franco Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Petrobras
- Country: Brazil
- Location: 188 km off the city of Rio de Janeiro
- Production start: 2015
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves: recoverable volumes of about 4.5 billion barrels
- Production Volume:
Description
- Búzios field is some 200km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, at a water depth that ranges from 1,600 to 2,100 meters. It was previously called Franco Oil And Gas Field
- It is the second largest oil field in the presalt after Lula Oil Field
- The field is to be exploited utilising the P 74 FPSO, which will be capable of producing up to 150,000 barrels/day and of compressing 7 million cubic meters of natural gas/day
Contractors
- Norberto Odebrecht / UTC Engenharia: FPSO hull conversion
- Toyo: EPCI contract to install topsides units
History
- 2010 - Franco Oil And Gas Field discovered
- 2012 - Petrobras reported drilling of the first well
- 2013 - Declaration of commerciality
- 2015 - First oil from early production system
Geology
- The oil bearing rock is 272 metres thick
- The pre-salt reservoirs in this field contain good quality oil (between 26º and 28º API)
Links
- Well 2-ANP-1-RJS has recoverable volume of 4.5 billion barrels
- Petrobras signs agreement to convert platform hulls for transfer of rights areas
- First test of Franco Indicates the capacity to produce 50,000 barrels / day
- Drilling of first well in Transfer of Rights area completed at Franco
- TOYO’s Brazil Affiliate Awarded FPSO Topsides Units
- Declaration of Commerciality of Transfer of Rights Areas Franco and Sul de Tupi
- Petrobras starts-up Early Production System on Búzios field in Transfer of Rights area
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