SLB three way partnership OneSubSea has secured a contract award from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for 2 subsea uncooked seawater injection (RWI) programs to extend restoration from the productive Búzios discipline.
The subsea RWI programs will assist to extend the manufacturing of floating manufacturing storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, that are presently bottlenecked of their water injection capacities, SLB stated in a information launch.
As soon as operational, the RWI programs will cut back greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions per barrel of oil as “they’re a extra environment friendly technique of reservoir pressurization to extend restoration in comparison with the traditional various of topside injection programs,” the Houston, Texas-based power expertise firm acknowledged.
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Underneath the contract, SLB OneSubsea will present two full subsea RWI programs to help Petrobras’ FPSOs P-74 and P-75, and they’ll every encompass a subsea seawater injection pump, umbilical system, and topside variable pace drive.
“As deepwater basins mature, we see increasingly more secondary restoration alternatives rising,” SLB OneSubsea CEO Mads Hjelmeland stated. “Subsea uncooked seawater injection is a well-proven utility with a powerful enterprise case that we expect ought to turn into mainstream. By inserting the system instantly on the seabed, we unencumber area and cut back gas wants for the FPSOs in addition to reduce the ability wants for the injection programs. It’s a win-win for Petrobras, and one which we’re very enthusiastic about. This contract will consolidate our stable native content material presence within the nation, contributed by the most important manufacturing vegetation and state-of-the-art subsea service services in Brazil”.
Additional, SLB was awarded a brand new contract by Petrobras for built-in providers throughout all offshore fields operated by Petrobras in Brazil.
SLB will oversee the development of greater than 100 deepwater wells, using superior drilling, cementing and drilling fluid applied sciences on as much as 9 ultra-deepwater rigs, in line with a separate assertion.
The providers will primarily be offered within the Campos, Santos, and Espírito Santo Basins, together with different Petrobras-operated fields, together with exploratory wells. SLB famous that operations within the Equatorial Margin are additionally deliberate, pending exploration license approval inside the three-year contract interval starting April 2025.
In line with the assertion, the applied sciences to be deployed beneath the contract embrace transition applied sciences similar to SLB’s Ora clever wireline formation testing platform and SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service.
The Ora platform offers real-time reservoir characterization, minimizing dangers and maximizing productiveness whereas considerably decreasing emissions. SpectraSphere offers correct stress measurements, performs downhole fluid evaluation, and acquires high-quality samples whereas drilling, leading to higher steering choices and optimized productiveness, SLB stated.
“SLB has maintained a powerful relationship with Petrobras as a expertise companion for a lot of many years,” Wallace Pescarini, president of the Offshore Atlantic basin at SLB, stated. “This contract builds on our current work with Petrobras throughout its offshore basins and introduces new applied sciences that improve each operational and environmental effectivity. Furthermore, it aligns with our strong native content material journey in Brazil and with our well-distributed operational footprint throughout the nation”.
Wllisses Menezes Afonso, Government Supervisor of Wells at Petrobras, stated, “This funding of roughly $800 million will enable us to accentuate our actions in a number of basins, revitalizing already productive fields and exploring new areas, with new applied sciences, with a concentrate on making our operations even safer and extra environment friendly”.
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