Floating production systems
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.
In the wake of the falling number of exploratory wells in the country, Brazil-owned Petrobras addressed audience concerns as well as outlined new avenues for production at the Offshore Technology Conference.
FPSO Nganhurra, laid up in Malaysia, produced Woodside’s Enfield field until the end of 2018.
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The facility is destined for Equinor's Brazilian pre-salt development. -
Suncor Energy brought the Terra Nova FPSO back into production as part of an extensive field life extension project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The job will increase the Heerema vessel’s second main hoist capacity by 1200 mt.
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The Haewene Brim FPSO will need repairs to a pair of mooring connections before it can restart operations.
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The newbuild FPSO is destined for the giant Australian gas project in 2025.
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The two newest crew members of the Pazflor floating production, storage, and offloading unit are a pair of robots capable of inspecting 1,700 different points of interest.
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The Whale floating production unit, comprising a topside module and a semisubmersible hull, is a near-twin to the previously delivered Vito facility.
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The company is set to supply offshore well services and subsea systems for Vår Energi-operated fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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Production from the field northwest of the Shetland Islands is expected to start in 2026 or 2027.
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The discovery in the US Gulf of Mexico was tied back to the existing Shenzi tension-leg platform.
