pre-salt

This paper describes a comprehensive approach to mitigate systemic failure in gas-lift valves in presalt wells.

The contractor will supply over 300 km of flexible pipe between four field developments offshore Brazil.

P-68 is Petrobras’ fourth FPSO to begin operations this year following the startups of P-67 at the Lula field and P-76 and P-77 at the Buzios field.

Chinese firms stepped in for the majors in Brazil’s two underwhelming offshore auctions.

The round included a near-$1 billion signature bonus on a Campos Basin block awarded to a Total-led consortium.

Petrobras and Shell have brought online the Lula field’s seventh FPSO as the firms continue to ramp up production from the pre-salt Santos Basin.

The paper provides a fast-track approach to perform screening assessment of multiple subsea concepts.

New local content regulations could speed up the pace of presalt oil production by more than 21 billion bbl by the mid-2020s. Karoon and Parnaíba Gás Natural are the first companies to apply to change their contract terms. Petrobras, Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Petrogal, and Anadarko are also interested.

Since the first intelligent completion was installed 20 years ago, the systems have become increasingly complex in order to reach productivity and optimization goals, allowing real-time independent monitoring and management of each zone in the well.

This paper describes an extended-well-test campaign using intelligent completions in a presalt reservoir. To understand reservoir behavior during production better, several options were analyzed for the first extended well test.