據Oil & Gas Journal網站5月10日報道 巴西國家石油公司與吉寶船廠有限公司簽訂了合同，以建造P-78，這是第七艘浮式生產儲存和卸載（FPSO）船，將駛往巴西近海桑托斯盆地鹽下Búzios油田。

　　該船的處理能力為18萬桶/日石油和720萬立方米/日的天然氣，計劃于2024年交付。

　　巴西國家石油公司5月10日表示，該項目預計通過由剛性生產和注入管道以及柔性服務管道組成的海底基礎設施，將13口井與FPSO互連，其中6口為生產井，7口為注入井。

　　巴西國家石油公司2010年發現的Búzios油田預計將在本世紀末達到日產量超過200萬桶油當量的水平。

　　目前，有四艘船在Búzios作業，占巴西國家石油公司總產量20%以上。第五和第六艘（FPSOs Almirante Barroso和Almirante Tamandaré) 正在建造中，第八和第九艘（FPSO P-79和P-80）正處于承包階段。

　　吳恒磊 編譯自 Oil & Gas Journal

　　原文如下：

　　Petrobras lets contract for seventh Buzios field FPSO

　　Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Ltd. to build the P-78, the seventh floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to be installed in Búzios field, in the Santos basin presalt area offshore Brazil.

　　The unit will have a processing capacity of 180,000 b/d of oil and 7.2 million cu m/d of gas and is scheduled for delivery in 2024.

　　The project foresees the interconnection of 13 wells to the FPSO, 6 of them producers and 7 injectors, through a subsea infrastructure composed of rigid production and injection pipelines and flexible service pipelines, Petrobras said May 10.

　　Búzios field, discovered in 2010, is expected to reach the end of the decade with daily production above 2 MMboe/d, the company said.

　　Currently, there are four units operating in Búzios which account for more than 20% of Petrobras's total production. The fifth and sixth platforms (FPSOs Almirante Barroso and Almirante Tamandaré) are under construction, and the eighth and ninth units (FPSOs P-79 and P-80) are in the contracting process.