This week, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) released data on Brazilian oil and gas production in April. According to the entity, daily national production reached 3.738 million barrels of oil equivalent, of which 2.958 million barrels were oil and 124 million cubic meters were natural gas. Of this total, 69.5% came from the 113 wells in the pre-salt area, an 4.2% increase over the previous month.
The largest producing field in Brazil is Lula, in the Santos Basin, from which 1.033 million barrels of oil and 45.7 million cubic meters of natural gas were produced per day. P-69, the third most productive unit among all in the period, reached a production of 146.7 thousand barrels of oil and 5.2 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. The FPSO, which operates in the southern end of the field, has its Hull (hull) and Top-side systems developed and implemented by the Altus engineering team.
P-66, another automated unit with Altus products and engineering intelligence, also operates in the region and is among the Top 10 most productive platforms in the period. With the capacity to process 150 thousand barrels of oil daily and compress 6 million m3 of gas, the platform reached a productivity of 122.5 thousand barrels of oil and 5.8 million cubic meters of natural gas per day.
In addition to these two platforms, Altus technology is also responsible for controlling the Hull and Top-side systems of three other FPSOs operating in the Pre-salt: P-58, P-67 and P-68. Together, these units are responsible for producing more than 246.1 thousand barrels of oil and 7.2 million cubic meters of natural gas per day.
Some figures about Altus and the O&G market
Five of the 20 most productive platforms in the country use Altus technology.
34% of all oil explored in the Pre-salt was produced with Altus technology (index referring to 2019).
By 2025, Altus technology will be present in 25% of the units and 1/3 of the FPSOs in operation in Brazil, which represents 5% of the global FPSO market.
