TotalEnergies announced on Tuesday the start of production of the fourth phase of development of the Mero field, located in the Libra block, 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

Launched in 2021, the "Mero-4" project comprises 12 wells connected to a new floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit with a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil per day (b/d).

With this start-up, the total capacity of the Mero field will be increased to 770,000 b/d, through five FPSOs.

At full capacity, TotalEnergies' share of production at Mero—which is operated by Petrobras (38.6%) in partnership with the French group (19.3%), Shell (19.3%), CNPC (9.6%), CNOOC (9.6%) and Brazil's PPSA (3.5%)—is expected to reach 100,000 b/d.


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