Petrobras Roncador

Brazil

Landmark: Worlds First Early Production Drill Pipe Riser Rated for
2,000 m (6,600 ft)

Project Overview

Project Characteristics

Project Ownership

Contract Award: 1998 (Pilot Project)

1998 (Manifold)

2000-2003 (Mod I, Ph A)
Sales:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fabrication:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Service Base: Maca, Brazil
Host Type:
Semi
Contract Type: EPC

No. Trees:


Water Depth:

Tree Type:
Tree Pressure:
Tree Bore size:
Hydrocarbon:

Petrobras

2 (Pilot Project)
11 (Mod I, Ph A)
8 (by FMC CBV)
1,500 - 2,000 m
(4,900 - 6,600 ft)
Vertical, Horizontal
5,000 psi
4x2, 5x1
Oil and Gas

100%

Comments

4 Five (5) vertical 4x2 5,000 psi subsea trees

Three (3) GLL-VI-2000
Two (2) GLL-VII

The Roncador Field was discovered in 1996 at water depths

ranging from 1,500 to 2,000 m (4,900 to 6,600 ft) in the Campos
Basin. It is 125 km (80 miles) from the coast. The Roncador Field
was a major breakthrough for many reasons, including the
worlds first drill pipe riser, subsea tree and early production riser
(EPR) rated for 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The first well, RJS-436,
produced to the FPSO Seillean from 1999 to 2001 using the EPR
at a world water-depth record of 1,853 m (6,077 ft) with the GLL
TLD 2000 subsea tree.

4 Three (3) horizontal 5x1 5,000 psi subsea trees

4 One (1) Early Production Riser (EPR 2000)
6-5/8 monobore riser
Electro-hydraulic umbilical with 1 annulus line
Subsea multiplexed control system
Two (2) GLL-2000 tree
4 Two (2) Drill Pipe Risers (DPRs)
Installation and workover risers
Control system
4 One (1) multiplexed subsea gas-injection manifold
4 Four (4) subsea control modules
4 Nineteen (19) Pipeline End Terminations (PLETs)
4 One (1) Y-Pipeline End Module (Y-PLEM)
4 Fifty (50) vertical connection modules (manifold
flowline and tree connection systems)
4 System integration, testing, offshore installation support and
technical assistance

Worldwide Headquarters:
FMC Technologies
1803 Gears Road
Houston, TX 77067, USA
Phone: +1 (281) 591 4000
Fax: +1 (281) 591 4291
www.fmctechnologies.com

Regional Sales Office:

FMC Technologies
Rodovia Presidente Dutra, 2660
Pavuna 21538-900
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Phone: +55 (21) 2472 7770
Fax: +55 (21) 2471 2924

The first phase of this full-scale project was put onstream in May
2000 when the semi and FSO P-47 began operation. An accident
caused P-36 to sink in March 2001, when six (6) wells were in
production. After the accident, Petrobras chartered a production
unit called FPSO Brazil to temporarily substitute the P-36
platform. For a period of 5-1/2 years, eight (8) production and
three (3) injection wells will be connected to the chartered FPSO.
In 2006, the second phase of Module IA will start operating
twenty (20) production wells and ten (10) injection wells,
including those that had been connected to FPSO Brazil. These
wells will be tied to P-52, a brand new semi-submersible with
capacity to produce 180,000 bopd. This unit will be one of the
largest in the world, with a total displacement of 80,000 metric
tons. The feasibility studies for the other three (3) modules of
Roncador are currently under way.

BRAZIL

Scope of Work