Petrobras Albacora

Brazil

Landmark: Brazils First Developed Giant Field

Project Overview Project Characteristics Project Ownership

Contract Award: 1986 (Trees Ph I) No. Trees: 65 (25 by FMC) Petrobras 100%
1992 (Trees Ph II) Water Depth: 150 - 1,050 m
1994 (Manifolds Ph I) (490 - 3,440 ft)
1995 (Manifolds Ph II)
Tree Type: Vertical
Sales: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tree Pressure 5,000 psi
Fabrication: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tree Bore size: 4x2
Service Base: Maca, Brazil
Hydrocarbon: Oil and Gas
Host Type: Semi and FPSO
Contract Type: EPC
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Scope of Work Comments
Subsea: Phase I (P-25 Platform) In 1984, the Albacora Field was discovered at Campos Basin,
4 Thirteen (13) vertical 4x2 5,000 psi diverless DLL subsea proving the existence of giant deepwater fields in Brazil. The
trees Albacora Field comprises sixty-five (65) wells, two (2) production
units (semi-submersible P-25 and FPSO P-31) and seven (7) diver-
4 Two (2) subsea production manifolds less manifolds (6 for oil production and 1 for water injection).
4 Four (4) subsea control modules The production has reached 150,000 bopd and 90 mmcf/d of
natural gas.
4 Twelve (12) vertical connection modules (manifold flowline
connection system) The semi-submersible platform P-25 has a process plant with the
Subsea: Phase II (P-31 Platform) capacity of 100,000 bopd and 115 mmcf/d of natural gas. There
4 Fourteen (14) vertical 4x2 5,000 psi subsea trees are fourteen (14) production wells connected directly to the
platform (satellite wells) and sixteen (16) wells connected to two
One (1) GLL-I (2) diverless production manifolds by a vertical flowline connec-
Five (5) GLL-III tion system. These FMC Technologies manifolds, installed in
Four (4) GLL-IV December 1995 and April 1996, were the worlds deepest subsea
Two (2) GLL-V production manifolds and multiplex control pods at the time.
Two (2) GLL-VI
4 Four (4) multiplexed subsea production manifolds with The FPSO P-31 process plant capacity is 200,000 bopd and
valves and chokes 130 mmcf/d of gas. The plant processes the oil produced in P-25
platform and the oil production of twenty-eight (28) production
4 One (1) multiplexed subsea water injection manifold with wells connected to four (4) FMC production diverless manifolds.
valves and chokes
4 Nineteen (19) subsea control modules
4 Forty-seven (47) vertical connection modules (manifold
and tree flowline connection systems)
4 System integration, testing, installation assistance, service
and maintenance
Floating Production: Phase II (P-31 Platform)
4 Design and construction of permanent internal mooring
system

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