South America
| Barracuda and Caratinga Fields, | ||
Map of the Barracuda and Caratinga fields in the Campos Basin, Brazil. |
Schematic of the Barracuda Caratinga development. |
The DSND Kommandor 3000, which will be used for subsea work. |
The Stena Continent, which will be converted into the P43 for use on Barracuda. |
The stern of the Stena Concordia during conversion. |
The conversion of the Stena Concordia into the P48 for use on Caratinga. |
| Bijupira and Salema Fields, | ||
Map showing the field and the FPSO location. |
The Yorktown carrying out drilling operations. |
Schematic of field layout. |
The Tosia Perseus which will be used in the laying of the flexible pipe. |
The Fluminense which will be used on the field. |
The Sahara before conversion. |
| Carina Aries Natural Gas Production, | ||
Drilling at the Carina Aries field, Argentina, using the jack-up. |
The Aries platform, which lies in the offshore block CMA-1. |
Drilling over the platform. |
The topsides being transported from the port of Veracruz, Mexico. |
Installation of the topsides. |
Cantilevered out to drill. |
The location of the Aries and Carina fields. |
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| Espadarte, | ||
The Espadarte field is being developed by an FPSO, supplied by SBM. |
The Espadarte FPSO's storage capacity is 1.9 million bbl and it weighs 285,000t. |
The Espadarte FPSO measures 344m in length and has a beam of 52m. |
The FPSO topsides process system was designed by Gusto, which based the layout on 17 separate modules, located along a central piperack system. |
The FPSO is moored to the seabed by 32t anchors, connected to the turret by ten chain/polyester rope lines. |
Power generation is carried out in module 12 using two 4.4MW gas turbines. |
Offloading is carried out using a tandem hose arrangement, to a shuttle tanker moored at the FPSO's stern. |
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| Jubarte Field | ||
Discovered in January 2001, the field is owned and operated by Petrobras. |
Petrobras obtained the licence to conduct long-term tests at the field in July 2002. |
Jubarte Field is 70km offshore the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. |
| Marlim Oil Field, | ||
The P-19 platform, operating in the Marlim field. |
The final development stage of the Marlim field will include seven foating production platforms and one floating storage unit. |
Petrobras 35 is capable of processing 100,000 bopd. |
Production started on 13 August 1998, when the capacity was 5,000bbls of oil/day and 50,000m³ of gas/day (1.8MMcfd), without gas lift. |
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| Marlim Sul, | ||
A schematic of the Marlim Sul development, which is located in Brazil's Campos Basin. |
FPSO II in operation at Petrobras's Marlim Sul field. |
Polyester rope used for the FPSO II mooring. |
The anchoring arrangement consists of six equally spaced composite catenary anchor legs. |
Initial production of the Marlim Sul field, on 13 August 1998, was 5,000bpd and 50,000m³ of gas per day (1.8mcfd), without gas lift. |
The FPSO II floating production system on Marlim Sul. |
| Mexilhão Gas Field, | ||
The Mexilhão field layout. |
Artist's impressions of the Mexilhão platform showing the jacket. |
Diagrams of Mexilhão's jacket, showing piping and pile sleeves. |
| Parque das Conchas (BC-10) | ||
The fields have estimated reserves of 400 million barrels of heavy crude oil. |
Heavy oil resources are believed to be available at about 2km depth. |
An efficient subsea system was required to combine production from multiple fields. |
The development of BC-10 is based on subsea oil and gas separation and subsea pumping. |
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| Perla Field | ||
Venezuela is focusing on expanding gas output and exporting LNG. |
Repsol owns 50% of the field and the remainder is held by Eni. |
The Perla field project, which covers about 33km2, is situated in the Cardon IV block, Gulf of Venezuela. |
| Piranema Field | ||
Piranema SSP under construction. |
The Sevan Piranema is the world's first cylinder-shaped FPSO. |
The dry tow vessel Kang Sheng Kou with Piranema SSP. |
Piranema being towed into position. |
Piranema SSP in operation. |
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| PROCAP 2000, | ||
An artist's impression of the stationary production unit, with dry completion. |
Flow assurance in deepwater flowlines, in operation at Procap 2000. |
Subsea separation system. |
The Procap initiative has made a significant contribution to the development of offshore production and drilling technologies. |
Equipment used for subsea multiphase pumping and metering systems (SBMS). |
Artist's impression of kick and blowout control in deepwater wells, as utilised on the Procap 2000 field. |
Equipment used for subsea multiphase pumping and metering systems (SBMS). |
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| Roncador, | ||
The P-36 on the Roncador field, listing heavily, prior to sinking. |
Water flooded the platform’s pontoons, causing the platform to list at a 25° angle. |
This rig, the ex-Spirit of Columbus, was re-named P-36, and adapted for deep water production at the Davie Yard, in Quebec, Canada. |
The ANM subsea christmas tree, capable of bearing substantial pressure 2,000m under the sea. |
Installation of the ANM subsea christmas tree. |
The Seillean, on location at the Roncador field, carrying out early production. |
| Tupi Oil Field | ||
Location of the Tupi oil field. |
A section through the Tupi field showing the thick salt layers. |
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