Manuseio do petróleo em FPSO: desde a captação à transferência para o navio aliviador

Abstract

The importance of oil in the world is indisputable. Despite the environmental impacts that their use poses to the future of the planet so far, even with all the energy alternatives already discovered, we are unable to live without oil. Privileged are the countries that have reserves economically viable and able to exploit it. Brazil occupies a prominent position in this segment. For the end user is extremely comfortable to benefit the final product coming from the manipulation of this important raw material without the worry of how this was possible.This work is used as a reference design and production of oil exploration in deep waters whose attention is focused mainly on large plants capable of processing oil, widely used in major oil fields of this country according to Petrobras. This work focuses on the activity ina floating production FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading -in free translation: System Floating Production, Storage and Offloading).It will be demonstrated throughout the path of the oil since their arrival in the floating production unitcoming from the reservoir at the bottom of the sea, the steps of the process of separating oil, gas and produced water, storage and transfer to a relief vessel. The FPSO operating in the Campos Basin, Santos, Espírito Santo Basin and are part of the strategic plan for the exploitation of oil in the pre-salt layer. The results presented by these platforms have these incredible machines benchmark in performance and operational procedures, proud of one of the largest oil companies in the world.