Brazil
Landmark: One of Petrobras’ First Fields with Flair Reduction Technology
Project Overview
- Contract Award: 1987-1992 (Trees) 2000 (Manifold)
- Sales: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fabrication: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Service Base: Macaé, Brazil
- Host Type: Platform
- Contract Type: EPC
Project Characteristics
- No. Trees: 3 by FMC CBV
- Water Depth: 100 to 300 m (330 to 1,000 ft)
- Tree Type: Vertical
- Tree Pressure: 5,000 psi
- Tree Bore Size: 4"x2"
- Hydrocarbon: Oil/Gas
Project Ownership
Scope of Work
- Three (3) vertical 4"x2" 5,000 psi subsea trees
- Two (2) diver-assist
- One (1) diverless
- One (1) diver-assist injection manifold
- System integration testing, offshore installation support and technical assistance
Comments
This field began production in February 1979. It is comprised of four (4) production wells from the Garoupa Field in 120 m (400 ft) water depth and four (4) wells from Namorado Field in 160 m (530 ft) water depth.
It is important to point out that much of the technology applied in Garoupa was pioneered for this project, such as wellhead cellar, atmospheric central manifold and the intervention system. It is believed the system has helped set up a learning curve for subsea systems, paving the way to deepwater developments.
In 2001, FMC CBV delivered an injection manifold for Petrobras’ Queima Zero program, which was conceived to reduce the natural gas flared during production of the field.