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Brazil

Peter Wertheim discusses subsea technology with

Nelson Leite, president of FMC

Technologies Brazil.

Typical subsea tree used ofshore Brazil.

Photo from FMC Technologies Brazil.

FMC Technologies boosting

Brazil’s subsea installations ubsea processing and boosting are that ensures Brazilian opportunities are facilitating advanced oil recovery to fundamental for developing chal- appetizing, not just palatable for these FMC Technologies’ ambitions?

S lenging felds. Benefts increase international players.”

Leite: with water depths, fow rates and step- “Subsea systems were born in Brazil,” There are greenfeld and brown- out. New technologies maximize proft he says. “There was a great deal of tech- feld sites and the latter are far more and reduce operational risks. nology developed here in the 1970s and diffcult to produce oil from, frequently

FMC began in operating in Brazil in FMC Technologies seeks to demonstrate involving fltering a great deal of water 1956. Nelson Leite, president of FMC that this legacy of excellence continues. from the oil reserves. The future of the

Technologies Brazil speaks about subsea With the opportunities offshore, there felds depends on producing more oil in technologies, how FMC do Brasil is pro- are signifcant openings for mounting a felds containing an ever-larger store of moting advanced oil recovery and gives greater deal of equipment on the seabed, water. It is one reason why producing his opinion on what Brazil could do to which should make operations more cost-effcient separation technology, part- be more attractive to international oil effcient and cost effective.” ing water from oil, is so important. FMC companies. He affrms that “Brazil must Technologies is developing such technol-

OE: create the commercial support system How important is technology ogy together with Petrobras. Along with

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