TechnipFMC, a global oil and gas company that provides complete project life cycle services for the energy industry, has been awarded a substantial master services agreement (MSA) for subsea services offshore Brazil.
The three-year contract, awarded by state-owned Petrobras, has an option to extend for a further two years. TechnipFMC will provide life-of-field services to support its installed base offshore Brazil.
The contract – worth between US$250mn-US$500mn as per TechnipFMC’s definition of a ‘substantial contract’ – covers installation, intervention, and maintenance of both equipment and tooling, as well as technical support for subsea umblicals, risers and flowlines.
The agreement succeeds a previous MSA and supports Petrobras’s increased volume of operations. Services will be supplied from TechnipFMC’s base in Macaé, Brazil.
Jonathan Landes, President, Subsea at TechnipFMC, commented, “This new MSA continues our enduring partnership with Petrobras. We are delighted to continue this relationship through this direct award. For 40 years, we have provided services from Macaé, demonstrating the strength of our commitment to delivering services using our in-country workforce.”
Halliburton Company has completed the installation of the industry's first single trip, electro-hydraulic wet connect in deepwater for Petrobras in Brazil, marking a significant achievement in downhole electric completion technology.
The Halliburton Fuzion EH electro-hydraulic downhole wet-mate connector helps increase well recovery factors by maintaining integrity of Halliburton's SmartWell completion systems throughout the well's lifecycle. It helps further facilitate safer and simpler intervention operations and avoids potential formation damage because of workover operations.
Halliburton plans a future version of a dual trip system Fuzion-EH connector for qualification and implementation by Petrobras in 2023. This system will provide additional benefits in SmartWell system installations while maintaining the benefits of the single trip system.
Mark Dawson, Vice President of Halliburton Completion Technology, Halliburton, commented, “The Fuzion-EH connector is the first step in the fully electric intelligent completion journey and is a product of collaborative development with Petrobras and Shell. This achievement paves the way for us to give customers the autonomous capability to control and manage reservoirs across their wells and assets and deliver on our Future of Completions.”
Olivier Wambersie, General Manager Brazil Technology, Shell, added, “This significant well technology development marks the first single trip, multiple zones, open hole completion. It was a remarkable example of teamwork, partnership and technical collaboration between operators and Halliburton in the Brazilian ecosystem. This technology's first application was enabled using the ANP Levy.”
Helix Energy Solutions Group has received a deepwater well decommissioning contract award by Shell Brasil Petroleo Ltd to perform P&A services on subsea wells located in the Bijupira and Salema fields in the Campos Basin.
Helix will provide the Q7000, a riser-based well intervention vessel; a 10K Intervention Riser System; and remotely operated vehicles to complete the project which is expected to take 12 months after starting in early in 2024.
The Q7000, equipped with an IMO-certified DP3 system and the Helix-designed IRS, can execute well intervention operations in water depths ranging from 85 m to 3,000 m. With its open deck plan and tri-axial configuration, the Q7000 is capable of a wide range of production enhancement operations including well clean-up and field development support. The vessel is equally optimised for well decommissioning, including suspension, tubing removal, tree recovery and sea floor clearance.
Scotty Sparks, Helix’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, commented, “We are pleased that Helix has been awarded this major well decommissioning contract. This is another step forward in the execution of our strategic objectives which includes contributing to the energy transition by providing best-in-class and global leading decommissioning services. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Shell.”
DOF Subsea has been awarded a three-year contract for two vessels with Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited to perform well intervention support; inspection, maintenance and support (IMR); and light subsea construction activities.
This will all be performed to support the growing subsea infrastructures in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
Two Multipurpose Support Construction Vessels with 250-ton AHC crane and two work class ROV systems will be deployed in the country for three-year terms. There is also a possibility they will remain in the region for an additional two years after this time.
The first vessel will mobilise in late October while the second vessel is planned to commence in January 2023.
Mons S Aase, CEO, DOF Subsea commented, “I am extremely happy with this contract award from ExxonMobil Guyana, and entering the important and flourishing Guyanese market. The award further underlines DOF’s leading position in the IMR segment.”
The third well intervention in the Baúna campaign, comprising the installation of a new electric submersible pump in well SPS-92, has been completed and the well brought back on line.
Commissioning of the newly installed pump is progressing well, with the pump expected to be operating at target levels within the next two weeks. Current oil production from the well is approximately 9,500 bopd, compared with 5,500 bopd prior to the intervention. Production from the first two interventions continues to be optimised and together with SPS-92, this has taken total oil production from the Baúna field to approximately 22,000 bopd, towards the upper end of preintervention campaign expectations.
In light of the already strong results achieved from the intervention campaign, and as the BAN-1 expected production uplift of a few hundred bopd is relatively small, Karoon has decided to defer the BAN-1 intervention, to optimise both the overall programme and rig utilisation. Consequently, the Maersk Developer rig will now move to the Patola field, where the first of two new development wells is expected to commence drilling in the next few days.
Julian Fowles, CEO and Managing Director of Karoon, commented, “We are very pleased to have completed the three major interventions on Baúna with no significant safety or environmental incidents. Production has increased from approximately 12,600 bopd immediately before the intervention programme to approximately 22,000 bopd now, with potential further upside as the SPS-92 new pump commissioning is completed, taking production towards the upper end of our targeted uplift range of 5,000 – 10,000 bopd. This is an excellent result, and I would like to thank our Karoon Brazil team, who have significant expertise and a strong track record operating in offshore environments, and our contractor partners, for all their hard work in delivering this programme safely and efficiently. We look forward to commencing drilling on the Patola field, our first development project since taking over as operator of the Baúna concession, once the rig has been mobilised to site.”
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. has entered into a two-year extension of its well intervention charter and services contracts with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the Siem Helix 2 well intervention vessel offshore Brazil.
The negotiated extension is scheduled to conclude in December 2024.
Scotty Sparks, Helix’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, commented, “We are glad to negotiate this contract extension and look forward to continuing our long and productive working relationship with Petrobras. Market conditions globally and in Brazil have been improving, and demand for our world-class assets and experienced crews has been steadily increasing.”
The Siem Helix 2 is a purpose-built, advanced well intervention vessel capable of performing a wide range of subsea services including production enhancement, well decommissioning, subsea installation, offshore crane and Remotely Operated Vehicle operations, offshore construction and emergency response. The vessel is currently performing riser-based well intervention activities in the Santos and Campos Basins and to date has completed more than 60 well interventions for Petrobras.
Sparks added, “The Siem Helix 2 has consistently provided industry – and global-leading well intervention services to Petrobras. This two-year extension demonstrates the capacity for Helix to continually provide innovative solutions to fit client needs, backed by our experience and proven track record, and supports our Energy Transition business model of offering clients the ability to maximize production from their existing wells.”
At the rapidly approaching Offshore Well Intervention Latin America Conference (OWI LATAM), members of the oil and gas community will meet to provide updates on the well intervention market and hear how each other are navigating the current operating environment.
Among the host of unique panel discussions and presentations, David Carr, Senior Vice President – International at Helix Well Ops, will examine examples of innovative LWI vessel-based solutions for complex well integrity issues and production enhancement purposes. In doing so, he will help to improve the efficiency of future well intervention projects.
Attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to review multi-service campaigns completed on an integrated vessel and how this can solve a variety of challenges operators face when embarking on intervention projects.
In addition, there will be the opportunity to engage with Carr on how collaboration with an international and multi-disciplinary team has led to seamless operational efficiency, as the Senior Vice President opens the floor up to discussion.
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During the forthcoming Offshore Well Intervention Latin American 2022 (OWI LATAM) conference, held in Rio, Brazil, Joao Batista, Wells Technology R&D Manager at Repsol Sinopec Brasil, will hold a session discussing the new Economical Technologies in the region.
Attendees will discover the innovative new technologies within the decommissioning and intervention space that they are encouraged to implement within their own well work.
As well as this, the detailed sessions will dig into recognising the challenges of deepwater technology development in Brazil and work to build a plan to bridge the gaps between knowledge and technology.
Batista will then review the Brazilian O&G ecosystem compared to the ANP levy funds in order to best navigate the activity in the region.
OWI LATAM returns for its third year on 18-19 October and will feature presentations from a number of world-leading experts within the oil and gas community as well as the opportunity to come together and collaborate with renowned global well intervention companies.
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At this year’s Offshore Well Intervention Latin America 2022 (OWI LATAM) conference, South America’s leading offshore forum, Rafael Purificação, wells integrity lead at Trident Energy, will guide attendees through well integrity challenges in mature developments.
The conference will allow participants to access new regulations and innovative intervention technologies in order to develop best practice offshore strategies for production, integrity and P&A projects.
Adding his chapter to this exciting upcoming exhibition of expertise, Purificação will begin by comparing current monitoring and testing methods to ensure barrier verification for well integrity throughout Latin America. He will then establish the acceptance criteria for new technologies within the region to ensure that those looking undertake campaigns are equipped with the most effective toolbox possible.
Finally, the wells integrity lead will analyse the probabilistic quantitative approach to well integrity in mature fields to create standardised workover programmes before opening the floor for questions from the audience.
Purificação’s expert presentation will be one of many at OWI LATAM as it returns for its third year on the 18-19 October 2022 in Rio. Representing the annual meeting point for members of the offshore oil and gas community in South America, this is an opportunity not to be missed!
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The forthcoming Offshore Well Intervention Latin America 2022 (OWI LATAM) in Rio, Brazil from 18-19 October, will host a session on Transformative LWI Technologies by Rafael Rodriguez Fulco, Manager for Rigs Technology and Wells Reliability at Petrobras.
The detailed presentation will focus on riserless intervention and fostering a competitive solution exclusively for Brazilian portfolio. Rafael will evaluate a Brazilian P&A and workover scenario for riserless intervention to understand the strengths and weaknesses of this approach.
Attendees will be given a chance to understand Petrobras’ riserless homologation process timeline so that they can appropriately plan for integrated well integrity projects.
The session by Rafael will further review the competitive technical specification that embraces commercial and technical challenges to ensure best-in-class technology.
OWI LATAM will give the offshore community to convene and discuss scenarios specific to the Latin American market and come up with solutions in well integrity management tailor-made for the region.
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South America’s leading offshore well intervention and integrity discussion forum, the Offshore Well Intervention Latin America 2022 (OWI LATAM) be held in Rio, Brazil from 18-19 October 2022 and is set to feature a presentation by Danilo Colombo, Reliability and Risk Assessment Advisor at Petrobras.
Danilo will be using the session to discuss taking risk-based decisions in well integrity and establish how Petrobras has used the ‘MyBarrier’ platform to improve its integrity management.
The presentation will also allow the attendees a visual into the company’s cases of ‘Quantitative Risk Assessment’ to identify potential failures before they occur. Danilo will then explore the future of well integrity using data management and digitalisation to mitigate human factors and steps to make the correct risk-based decisions every time.
OWI LATAM is all set to feature some of the world’s leading well integrity and intervention experts from global companies who bring with them the knowledge and expertise to spread across the Latin American offshore market.
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Marcelo Victor Tomaz De Matos, Plug and Abandonment (P&A) Advisor at Petrobras, will deliver a session on the company’s P&A updates and future plans at the Offshore Well Intervention Latin America 2022 (OWI LATAM), which will be held in Rio, Brazil from 18-19 October 2022.
The speaker will outline Petrobras’ decommissioning forecasts to prepare for the upcoming wave of P&A activity. During the session, attendees can also expect to have access to the company’s P&A activities and performance results in subsea wells to take away best practices in mitigating future liability.
The presentation by Marcelo will also let attendees discover Petrobras’ P&A R&D roadmap, current challenges, and new techniques and technologies that can be applied to upcoming campaigns.
OWI LATAM is South America’s one-stop shop to gain first-hand knowledge from the world’s leading decommissioning and P&A experts as well as a hub for insightful sessions on new technologies.
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