Bijupira and Salema Fields, Campos Basin, Brazil
Key Data:
Name
Bijupira and Salema
Operator
Enterprise
Location
Offshore Brazil, 250km east of Rio de Janeiro
Equity
Enterprise (55%), Odebrecht (25%), Petrobras (20%)
Water depth
1,575ft to 2,900ft
Recoverable reserves
170 million barrels of oil in place, 1.6 billion cubic metres of gas
Density
Bijupira 28° API, Salema 31° API
Discovery
1990
Reservoir depth
2,900m below the seabed
Age
Eocene age
Type
Sandstone reservoir, Carapebus formation
Producing zones
3
Early production
1993 and 2000
Wells
2 Bijupira wells, 1 Salema
Production vessel
P13
Production
25 million barrels of oil
Production vessel
Floating Production Storage and Offloading System (FPSO)
Contract
$290 million
Subsea centres
2, 5km apart
Bijupira
Two production and one water injection manifold in 770m of water
Salema
One production and one water injection manifold in 620m of water
Manifold weight
110t each
Bijupira risers
Four 8in diameter flexible flowlines and risers, 8in water injection line
Salema risers
Two 6in production flowlines and risers, a 41/½in water injection line
Gas lift lines
4in and 5in diameter
FPSO
Fluminense, converted from Sahara
Length
362m
Gross
354,000t
Water depth
700m
Processing capacity
70,000 barrels of oil per day
Gas handling capacity
75 million cubic feet per day
Injection capacity
92,000 barrels of water per day
Storage capacity
1.2 million barrels
Production
70,000b/d of light crude oil, 2 million m3/d of gas
Turret
15 risers and three umbilicals two spare slots
Mooring lines
9
Gas export
10in line to P15
