Baker Hughes has announced a major multi-year contract with Petrobras for fully-integrated completions systems.
The award followed an open tender and will leverage Baker Hughes’ innovative technology portfolio and extensive experience in Brazil to optimise production across multiple deepwater fields.
A range of technologies have been specifically tailored to meet the needs of Petrobras’ offshore developments. The completions technologies will be combined with conventional upper and lower completions solutions to provide remote operations capabilities and multizone control which limits water and gas breakthroughs, reducing the risk of costly interventions.
Amerino Gatti, Executive Vice President, Oilfield Services & Equipment at Baker Hughes, said, ““Deepwater, high pressure wells require an unmatched level of reliability, and our completion technologies have proven themselves in these harsh environments […] Through continual innovation, improvement and testing, and in close collaboration with Petrobras, the Baker Hughes team has pioneered new ways to help develop Brazil’s natural resources safely and efficiently for decades to come.”
Through the agreement Petrobras will utilise Baker Hughes’ new SureCONTROL Premium interval control valve (ICV), which provides enhanced reliability in the high flowrates of Petrobras’ offshore fields. The technology allows operators to respond remotely to evolving well conditions across multiple zones in real time.
Petrobras will deploy a number of Baker Hughes’ technologies, including the SureSENS QPT ELITE downhole gauges, SureSENS B-Annulus monitoring system, SureTREAT chemical injection system, Sure-Set flow control system, Orbit Premium barrier valves, a gas lift system, REACH subsurface safety valves, DeepShield subsurface safety valves, Premier packers, screens and gravel pack system.
Delivery of the completions technologies will begin in late 2025.
