Petrobras’ P-71 drill ship reached peak production of 150,000 barrels of oil per day, last Wednesday (November 8), at the Santos Basin pre-salt layer. The FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading unit, as per English acronym) is the only production platform installed in Itapu, 200 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. This field is operated by Petrobras, with 100% participation, under two regimes, Assignment for Consideration and Production Sharing. Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) is the Production Sharing contract manager, with co-participation in the Assignment for Consideration contract.

The P-71 is the sixth replicant FPSO installed in the Santos Basin. Replicants are characterized by standardized engineering design and high production capacity. Furthermore, they include advanced technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as, for example, FGRS (Flare Gas Recovery System), used to take advantage of the gas generated in the production process and reduce burning and exhausts into the atmosphere.

Photograph: Agência Petrobras.