Angra Dos Reis, Brazil: Petrobras will baptize the P-51, the first semisubmersible platform built entirely in Brazil, at the BrasFels shipyard in Angra dos Reis.
According to Petrobras, the unit is a milestone in a new achievement of the Brazilian naval industry, with local content of more than 75 percent of goods and services purchased from domestic vendors. The P-51 will be anchored in the Marlim Sul field, at a depth of 4,117 feet (1,255 m), and installed 150 kilometers (93 miles) off the coast. It will be interconnected to 19 wells, including 10 oil and gas producers and nine water injectors, and will produce oil of 22 degrees API. The platform is expected to sail to the Campos Basin this month and to start operating late this year. In 2010, the platform will reach peak operating capacity of 180,000 b/d of oil and 6 MMcm/d (211.9 MMcf/d); at that point, it will account for eight percent of the domestic oil production. The new unit is also part of the Natural Gas Production Anticipation Plan (Plangás) and will be strategic to increase natural gas supply in the Brazilian market. The platform was built by the FSTP (Keppel Fells and Technip) consortium in the cities of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Itaguaí, and Angra dos Reis, by Nuovo Pignone, in Rio de Janeiro, and by Rolls Royce, in Niterói. Total investment in the platform's construction is about R$1 billion (US$449.2 million).
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