Deepwater technology puts Petrobras on top of the world – Portal Brazil

Company received the third time the award for the development of innovations that are critical in the pre-salt challenge

by Portal Brazil published : 08/05/2015 17h19 last modified : 08/05 / 2015 17h19

In October 2014, Petrobras began to explore a well (South Iracema) having 2200 meters between the surface and the seabed. To reach the oil itself, it was necessary to drill another 3100 meters in the sand and salt layer. Are impressive numbers and surrendered in recent decades the company international recognition.

Petrobras was awarded last week for the third time with the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies, Organizations, and Institutions, during the big event of the sector in the United States. This time, the award is due to the technological effort required for exploitation of pre-salt area.

“To win the pre-salt, we have invested heavily in technology,” says the director of Exploration and Production Petrobras, Solange Guedes, who received the award in the United States. “We will continue driving innovation. More than ever, we need oriented optimization technology. “

The CEO Strategies Center for Natural Resources and Energy (Core), Jean Paul Prates says that the technological effort of Petrobras intensified in the 1980s While large companies have reduced that time investments, the Brazilian company strongly invested in deepwater technology.

“Since then, Petrobras responds to the strategic effort of the country and keeps their investments” Prates says, noting:. “The oil market never stops for climate bill [difficult]”

In the pre-salt, Petrobras set up a robust plan with 20 platforms (13 of them are already in operation ), 47 vessels, vessels 3 and 13 helicopters. At the same time, there was an investment in the most advanced technologies such as buoys that take the weight of the giant pipes linking the platforms to the wells on the seabed.

Another technology separates carbon dioxide (CO2) oil and natural gas and injects it back this gas in the reservoirs. With this, the company reduces the emission of CO2 in the environment and increases the productivity of the pre-salt wells. Learn about the ten award-winning technologies in the United States.

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