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Production ship P62 FPSO
The production ship P62 on the Roncador field.
Photo: Andre Ribeiro
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Roncador: a strategic partnership

Roncador was the largest offshore discovery in Brazil in the 1990s and currently has a production potential of nearly 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. It is also the largest producing field outside the Brazilian pre-salt area, with approximately 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent originally in the reservoir.

In 2018, Equinor and Petrobras formed a strategic alliance for the field. The partnership between Petrobras, the world’s largest deepwater operator, and Equinor, with its extensive expertise in Improved Oil Recovery (IOR), has been a game changer for the field, where we aim to increase production by more than 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

The strategic alliance agreement also includes an energy efficiency program and carbon dioxide emission reduction in Roncador.

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    150,000 barrels of oil per day

    Daily production potential

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    1999

    Start of production

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    25%

    Short-term production increase

Technology to optimize production

The systematic process for Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) has already shown significant results, with the first eight wells achieving a 50% reduction in costs and contributing to a 25% increase in field production.

Our partnership in Roncador is an example of how we can add value to production while demonstrating the potential to leverage new technologies.

Facts

  • Operated by Petrobras (75%), in partnership with Equinor (25%)
  • The discovery was made by Petrobras in 1996 with well 1-RJS-436
  • Production started in 1999
  • The block is located in the Campos Basin in deep waters
  • The license is located approximately 125 km off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro
  • It has 4 production units: P-52, P-54, P-55, and P-62