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Global confrmed by wells 1-BRSA-491-SPS,

Carioca Nordeste, and Carioca Sela. Deepwater

At the Iara project, Petrobras con-

Deep Water frmed oil in well 3-RJS-706 in Block

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BMS-11 in March, the fourth well drilled in the play. Further drilling working interest. Offshore Services yard in Ingleside, will defne the parameters of the feld.

In the Atwater Foldbelt, BHP Bil- Texas. Petrobras moved forward on the liton’s Mad Dog Phase-2 project is Lula development in March, an-

South America underway. Operated by BP in south- nouncing that negotiations are ern Green Canyon, the project will Offshore Brazil continues to be a underway with consortium partners include a second spar and subsea prolifc region for Petrobras. Industry Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A. and production and injection wells. First experts believe the region holds an SBM Offshore. The contracts are for production is scheduled for 2018. estimated 31 billion boe of reserves two FPSOs at Lula Alto and Lula

ExxonMobil is progressing with in deepwater, pre-salt felds. As a Central, in the pre-salt cluster of the its 2008 Julia discovery in Walker result, Petrobras plans to build 24 Santos Basin. Each facility will be

Ridge. Julia is the frst well drilled pre-salt production systems by 2020. tied to 18 wells (10 production, 8 under the 2005 agreement between Petrobras began oil production injector). Each FPSO will have a pro-

StatoilHydro and ExxonMobil to ex- from its Baleia Azul, Jubarte and cessing capacity of 150,000bo/d and plore the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Pirambu felds in the Campos basin 6,000,000cu m/d of gas. The FPSOs and is believed to be the largest using the Cidade de Anchieta FPSO. are expected on site in 2015 for Lula fnd in the Gulf of Mexico since BP Peak production is expected to reach Alto and in 2016 for Lula Central. proved up the Thunder Horse feld 100,000b/d by 2Q 2013. The Sapin- Production is planned to begin in in 1999. hoá feld will be produced by the Ci- January 2016 at Lula Alto and in

LLOG Exploration has awarded dade São Paulo FPSO. Lula NE will March 2016 at Lula Central. contracts for its Delta House project be produced by the Cidade Paraty For the Papa Terra project, con- in Mississippi Canyon Block 254. FPSO. The company will charter struction of the Petrobras P-63 FPSO

Hyundai Heavy Industries will build another FPSO for its Iraceme Norte is nearing completion at Cosco’s a semisubmersible hull in Ulsan, feld in 2016. There, eight produc- shipyard in China. The project will

South Korea, to house a foating pro- tion and eight injection wells will by include three power modules with duction system (FPS). tied back to the FPSO. two 18-cylinder, 50DF dual-fuel

The OPTI-hull design by Exmar is In its Carioca project, Petrobras engines per module, to be powered the second commissioned by LLOG. completed drilling Caioca Norte in by treated well gas, crude, or marine

The frst is serving LLOG’s Who Dat the pre-salt layer of Santos Basin. Re- grade diesel. Final commissioning feld. Topsides for the Delta House sults obtained confrm the presence of the engines will take place in late

FPS will be fabricated at Kiewit of light oil that had already been 2013 once the vessel is on location.

Deepwater oil and gas develop- ments continue to be an integral part of the world’s energy mix. As legacy onshore reservoirs are depleted,

E&Ps are turning to deeper and more complex subsea developments, with many engineering and technical challenges. Subsea reservoirs chal- lenges include hard rock, thick salt, and tightly-packed sands.

Such developments now account for more than 6% of global oil production. According to a recent statement by BP plc, that estimate is expected to rise to 9% by 2030. All indications are that E&P companies, service and supply providers are up

The FPSO entered commercial production in January at Cidade de São Paulo to the task. Look for an update of this

Petrobras’ Sapinhoá feld.

report in 2014.

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