The Almirante Tamandaré platform ship has arrived in Brazil. The unit will be installed in the Búzios Field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. An FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading unit) platform, Almirante Tamandaré is the first high-capacity unit to be installed in the field, with the potential to produce up to 225 thousand barrels of oil (bpd) and process 12 million cubic meters of gas per day. The FPSO left the CMHI shipyard in China on July 31, bound for Brazil and will join the other five platforms operating in the field: FPSOs P-74, P-75, P-76, P-77 and Almirante Barroso.
The FPSO Almirante Tamandaré has technologies for decarbonization, such as the closed flare, which, together with other equipment, reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. There are also technologies for heat recovery, which reduce the unit’s demand for additional energy.
Búzios Field
Located 180 km off the coast, the Búzios field began operating in 2018 and has been achieving positive results, being the largest field in the world in ultra-deep waters. The field alone already accounts for more than 20% of Petrobras’ total production.
The Búzios consortium, operating in the field, is composed of Petrobras (operator), the Chinese partner companies CNOOC, CNODC and PPSA, the company managing the production sharing contracts.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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