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Libra Consortium Announces First Oil From Mero-4 FPSO in Brazil Pre-Salt
- The FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão started production in the Mero field of Brazil's Libra block in May 2025, offshore Rio de Janeiro.
- The early start occurred after the Final Investment Decision in August 2021, with the Libra contract signed in 2013 governing the project.
- Chartered from SBM Offshore, the FPSO connects 12 wells using intelligent completions and increases total field capacity to 770,000 barrels per day.
- The unit operates approximately 180 kilometers offshore at a depth of around 2,000 meters, handling a daily production of 180,000 barrels of oil along with the processing of 12 million cubic meters of gas.
- This addition supports Shell’s 2025 Capital Market Day goals and exemplifies partnership efforts to sustain production and meet global energy needs.
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Libra Consortium announces first oil from Mero-4 FPSO in Brazil pre-salt
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced the start of production at the floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field…
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The operational capacity of this project will be 180 thousand barrels of oil production and 12 million cubic meters of gas compression per day by Shell The subsidiary of the oil company Shell in Brazil, announced the beginning of the extraction of fuel in the floating plant of production, storage and discharge (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field in the Santos Basin, on the Brazilian coast. Let us remember that this unified field of Mero…
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The Mero-4 Project commenced production safely on 24 May. Mero field is located in the Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil, about 180 km away from Rio de Janeiro, in a water depth of 1,800-2,100 m. This startup brings Mero’s total production capacity to 770,000 barrels/day through five FPSOs. Mero is a unitized field, operated by … The post Libra Consortium announces first oil from Mero-4 in Brazil pre-salt appeared first on Drilling Contracto…
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