PRIO’s Wahoo project offshore Brazil has reached first oil using TechnipFMC’s Subsea 2.0® production system. TechnipFMC announced on July 13 via a LinkedIn post that the installation represents the first use of the technology in a Brazilian pre-salt field.
“As a greenfield development enabled through a tie-back approach, Wahoo demonstrates how innovation can unlock new opportunities. We are proud to support PRIO with a standardized solution designed to make projects simpler through a modular approach reducing complexity, improving consistency and accelerating time to first oil,” the company said.
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PRIO, formerly known as PetroRio, is a Brazilian independent oil and gas company focused on offshore production and the redevelopment of oil assets in Brazil. The company also operates several fields offshore Brazil, including Polvo, Tubarão Martelo, and Albacora Leste.
Situated about 19 miles (30 kilometres) north of the already-producing Frade field in Brazil’s Campos basin, the Wahoo field represents a strategic addition to PRIO’s portfolio. The project uses existing infrastructure and the Frade floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) to process production.
