Offshore/subsea systems
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
Once labeled “undrillable,” Brazil’s heavy-oil Atlanta field in the Santos Basin faced technical, financial, and logistical challenges. But through a phased approach, clever reuse of assets, and disciplined project execution, Brava Energia transformed a risky deepwater asset into a producing field with 172 million BOE in 2P reserves.
This paper describes the use of coiled tubing in a pilot project for carbon dioxide injection, enabling evaluation of the conversion of an existing oil field for CCS purposes and derisking storage-development uncertainties before having to cease hydrocarbon production.
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Schlumberger, Subsea 7 alliance will supply and install a subsea boosting system in GOM field. -
A new report shows that the offshore oil and gas sector is cautiously getting back to work, with some projects delayed and while EPC awards for sanctioned projects remain robust.
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The contractor will finalize the chosen FPSO solution for the development in the Campos Basin pre-salt off Brazil.
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It has often been considered risky to use heavy drillships in depths below 2,000 ft. However, a good measure of innovation and market timing has recently proved otherwise.
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UK-based M Subs has been commissioned to design the 24-m Oceanus, which is planned for trans-Atlantic research voyages.
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Tanzania has signed an LNG framework agreement to reboot a plan to build an LNG export terminal on the Indian Ocean.
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The subsea specialist will provide and install flowlines, risers, and umbilicals for the Búzios 8 project offshore Brazil.
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The Barents Sea is the gift that keeps on giving for Equnior which has made its 10th sizeable discovery within the same license area.
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Norphlet-trend discovery will be developed via a three-well subsea tieback to the Blind Faith FPU.
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Teaser: This paper is intended to provide considerations for operators in developing campaigns to frame scope of work for subsea-blowout-preventer and rig-contracting strategy.
