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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First oil is expected in 2029 from the development, which has a budget under $5 billion. -
Phase 2 of the fast-track project expected to quadruple output to 60,000 BOPD by year-end.
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The 12-well campaign is expected to accelerate global adoption of electric subsea technology and reduce emissions from subsea operations.
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The tieback to the Energean Power FPSO is expected to deliver first gas in the first half of 2027.
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First three wells of deepwater Gulf of Mexico project expected to jointly produce 22,000 BOE/D to the nearby host facility.
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Chevron recently revealed new details about its first-of-a-kind deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico. We’ve picked some of the most interesting to share with you here.
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Contractor will conduct front-end engineering of a first-of-its-kind all-electric subsea production system.
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The EPCI contract will see a new water-injection pipeline added to the complex.
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The sales and purchase agreement obliges Taiwan’s national oil company, CPC, to buy 4 mtpa of liquefied natural gas for 27 years while Taipei also acquires equity in the North Field East.
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The deepwater Gulf of Mexico project in the Paleogene will require a 20K-psi production semisubmersible.
