Petrobras pushing edge of deepwater frontier

Title: Petrobras pushing edge of deepwater frontier

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This paper reports on Brazil's Petroleos Brasileiro SA which continues to extend subsea technology, especially in the deepwater Campos basin. Recent technological advancements described are: an extensive deepwater production technology capability program covering more than 100 research projects in collaboration with dozens of domestic and international entities; the first guidelineless deepwater wet christmas trees in the Campos basin, part of Marlim's early production system; a special purpose deepwater template manifold; a multiplexed subsea control and monitoring system for working in more than 1,000 m of water; a joint venture of Fluor Ocean Services International and Sweden's GVA to develop basic design for a tension leg platform capable of working in 1,000 m of water and producing 100,000 b/d of oil and about 70 MMcfd of gas; a hyperbaric pressure simulation chamber capable of simulating pressure equal to that in 1,000 m of water; and advances in tools and basic equipment for remote operated vehicles (ROVs).

Publication Date:: Mon Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI Identifier:: 6127095

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 89:16; Journal ID: ISSN 0030-1388

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; BRAZIL; MINERAL RESOURCES; FIELD PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; EXPLOITATION; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; OIL FIELDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; LATIN AMERICA; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESOURCES; SOUTH AMERICA; 020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production; 030300 - Natural Gas- Drilling, Production, & Processing

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  abstractNote = {This paper reports on Brazil's Petroleos Brasileiro SA which continues to extend subsea technology, especially in the deepwater Campos basin. Recent technological advancements described are: an extensive deepwater production technology capability program covering more than 100 research projects in collaboration with dozens of domestic and international entities; the first guidelineless deepwater wet christmas trees in the Campos basin, part of Marlim's early production system; a special purpose deepwater template manifold; a multiplexed subsea control and monitoring system for working in more than 1,000 m of water; a joint venture of Fluor Ocean Services International and Sweden's GVA to develop basic design for a tension leg platform capable of working in 1,000 m of water and producing 100,000 b/d of oil and about 70 MMcfd of gas; a hyperbaric pressure simulation chamber capable of simulating pressure equal to that in 1,000 m of water; and advances in tools and basic equipment for remote operated vehicles (ROVs).},

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