Piranema Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Petrobras
- Country: Brazil
- Location: Sergipe/Alagoas Basin, Northeastern Brazil
- Production start: 2007
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves: totaled recoverable oil volumes of 76 million barrels of oil
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The field is in water depth varying between 1,200 and 1,600 m
- The Piranema oil, of excellent quality, at 44º API, is the lightest oil produced in deep waters in Brazil.
- Development of the field was based on a revolutionary new cylindrical FPSO concept, developed by Sevan Marine, the Sevan Piranema FPSO
+++ Contractors
- **Sevan Marine:** FPSO Sevan Piranema
- **FMC:** Subsea Equipment
+++ History
- 2004 - Declaration of the Commercial Potential of the Piranema Oil Field
- 2005 - FMC Technologies Chosen to Supply Subsea Equipment
- 2007 - First oil produced
- 2010 - Petrobras discovers a further 15 million barrels of economically recoverable oil
- 2011 - Teekay Offshore announces acquisition of FPSO Sevan Piranema
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Declaration Of The Commercial Potential Of Deepwater Discoveries In Sergipe
- FMC Technologies Chosen to Supply Subsea Equipment for Petrobras
- First oil on FPSO Sevan Piranema
- Discovery of Light Oil in Piranema
- Teekay Offshore Intends to Acquire Sevan Piranema FPSO and Announces $170 Million Equity Private Placement
