Badejo Field is an offshore oil field in

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. It is a mature oil field located in the southwest part of the

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off the coast. Above of it is laying partly the Membro Siri (sometimes referred just as Siri) extra

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field with and 12.8°

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. Oil was discovered in the Membro Siri reservoir in 1975, but was considered uneconomical to develop this time. In 2008 the FPSO '' Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras'' started test production of the Siri crude. Part of the process equipment on the FPSO is an electrostatic coalescer with the VIEC technology from

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. The process system was delivered by

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. It consists of two separator stages and the electrostatic coalescer. Using high processing temperature the process system is designed to output crude oil with an export specification of 1% BS&W.

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Presentation of the Petrojarl Cidade De Rio Das OstrasTeekay Petrojarl, presentationHamworthy’s VIEC technologyExpro's solution for the process system
Oil fields of Brazil Campos Basin Petrobras oil and gas fields {{oilfield-stub