Campos Basin Technologies Yard: 40 Years of Lessons Learned

Abstract

Campos Basin, during the last 40 years, has been the stage where the technology development has played its main game in terms of pushing the offshore oil and gas production to overcome its challenges to go deeper and deeper in WDs never experienced before. Incremental, innovative, enabler or even disruptive technologies, supported by a strong commitment to success and the capability and drive for field test new ideas have made such a difference. Structured actions based on technology programs specific created for reaching defined targets, such as Petrobras Deep and Ultra Deep Water Technology Program named PROCAP, in its four sequential "versions" for over 28 years, resulted in two OTC Awards, in 92 and 2001, and helped Petrobras to achieve an important position worldwide in offshore production. A focused projection of the future in terms of the next generation under development to overcame challenges related to revitalization of Campos Basin mature fields, such as life extension methodologies, heavy oil processing, oil and gas contaminants treatment, subsea boosting and separation systems, power distribution and transmission, that are part of Petrobras technologies "gold list" are being developed and they will be available in the next couple of years. Additionally, an internal program, named Subsea Operational Technologies, has been developed to promote a full integration among suppliers, R&D and operation teams to reduce OPEX and enhance oil and gas production in Campos Basin. Also, associated to that, a strong and efficient integrated operation control has promoted the required offshore field management drive and safety. This paper will present a retrospective of the most significant Subsea system, Well Drilling and Completion, as well as Topsides technologies developed and deployed in the Campos Basin for more than 80 production systems in more than 30 oil and gas fields development.