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Field of View a 50,000 bo/d processing capacity and says. Petrobras’ ability to meet its fast- work on with others. To help overcome 141.25 MMcf/d (4 MMcu m/d) gas injec- track development goals for the feld will constraints in the supply and services tion capacity. Most of the produced gas depend on several factors. “It depends on market he suggested Brazilian and inter- will be re-injected into the reservoir for the availability of resources, particularly national suppliers form partnerships.

pressure maintenance and a small part human resources. There are so many PPSA was created in 2013 with the will be consumed during operations. projects, and things are going so fast that main duties of managing the production-

According to the original Libra there is a shortage of technical people to sharing agreement, representing the production-sharing contract, the explor- do the work, but this is something that federal government’s interest, managing atory phase would run through December can be solved,” Pedrosa says. unitization agreements and trading the 2017. The extended well test, Petrobras, along with the share of proft oil on behalf of the federal a key part of the approxi- Brazilian government have government, Pedrosa says. The PPSA also mately $450 million explora- been sponsoring a series of ensures that the local content commit- tion development plan, is to technical training programs in ment is met. As chair on the operating begin in 2016, at the latest, as different areas and catering to committee, PPSA also has veto power. the partners in the Petrobras- different levels of expertise in According to Pedrosa, “PPSA’s job is to led consortium are hoping to order to solve this problem. manage and audit the project execution anticipate production start-up However, further complicat- for exploration, appraisal, development in 2017. ing matters is the tight oil and and production; monitor and audit the

PPSA CEO Oswaldo “The idea is to do this as gas supply chain and service operating costs and capex; manage the

Pedrosa Jr. Photo by a fast-track phased develop- market in Brazil. Pedrosa says recognition of qualifed expenditures;

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Brasil ment based on robust and that the supply chain demand [and] perform technical and economi- fexible solutions,” Pedrosa says. “We’ll is predicted to reach an estimated $400 cal analysis of plans and programs to learn from the frst phase. Libra is too big. billion in the next decade. “It is very be executed in each production-sharing

It’s impossible to do this kind of thing important to say that there is a challenge agreement.” with just one unique project develop- because we need to do fast-track develop- Focusing on the Libra contract and ment. You have to do it in parts. We ment, and we need to comply with local managing production unitization agree- are going to learn a lot from each phase content requirements,” Pedrosa says. ments, Pedrosa said that, “Everything and fnd the best solutions for the next “It is tight in Brazil and worldwide,” is going alright at this stage and we are phase. We need to have solutions based he says, adding that this is something excited to start drilling the new explora- 10153-SubseaExpo-OE-AD-180x123.ai 1 04/12/2014 10:56 on robustness and fexibility,” Pedrosa the consortium needs to think about and tion wells.”

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