Petrobras and its partners in the Libra consortium have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Mero-4 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Mero field, offshore Brazil.
The Mero-4 FPSO, also known as the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, will be the fourth production system to be used at the producing deep-water oil field located in the Libra Block in the Santos Basin.
It will have a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The FPSO will also be used to process 12m standard cubic metres of gas per day.
The FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão will have a water injection capacity of 250,000 barrels per day alongside a minimum storage capacity of 1.4m barrels of crude oil. It will be spread moored in a water depth of nearly 1,900 metres.
The Libra partners had previously taken FIDs for the Mero-1, Mero-2 and Mero-3 FPSOs. Each of the three units is also designed to have an operational capacity rate of 180,000 bopd.
The Mero field has been producing since 2017 through the Pioneiro de Libra FPSO, which has a capacity of 50,000 bopd.
Petrobras is the operator of the Libra block with a stake of 40%. The Brazilian national oil company is partnered by Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary – Shell Brasil Petróleo (20%), TotalEnergies (20%), CNPC (10%) and CNOOC (10%).
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