New Challenges in Deepwater

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New Challenges in Deepwater Ultra-deep water and remote locations Harsh environments Small and/or sub-economic accumulations Viscous oil, low energy drive and lift High cost drilling & infrastructure Lack of local logistics / service industry Deepwater fields getting more complex: no single technology will “unlock”

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New Challenges in Deepwater. Deepwater fields getting more complex: no single technology will “unlock”. Ultra-deep water and remote locations Harsh environments Small and/or sub-economic accumulations Viscous oil, low energy drive and lift High cost drilling & infrastructure - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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New Challenges in Deepwater

• Ultra-deep water and remote locations• Harsh environments• Small and/or sub-economic accumulations • Viscous oil, low energy drive and lift • High cost drilling & infrastructure• Lack of local logistics / service industry

Deepwater fields getting more complex: no single technology will “unlock”

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Perdido Key Features

• Deepest spar in world

• Spar capacity100k bopd, 200 mmscfpd, and 80k bwip

• 150-person accommodations

• Doubles our water depth capability for a platform drilling system

• 35 wells (22 DVA subsea, 13 remote subsea)

• Deepest subsea production in world

• Gas and liquid separated at seafloor and pumped with electric submersible pumps (ESP’s)

• Oil (77 miles) and gas (107 miles) export pipelines

Technology, Key to Ultra Deep Water Development

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Perdido System Layout

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Host JV Partners: Shell (35%), Chevron (37.5%) , BP (27.5%)

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Subsea Layout under the Spar

Subsea Wells Subsea Wells

Subsea BoostingSubsea BoostingSystemSystem ManifoldManifold

Flowline SledFlowline Sled

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Subsea Boosting System

Gas

Liquid

Makeup oil

Top Tensioned Riser

Host-scale subsea separation Cyclonic flow to 35" x 320’

caissons Liquids pumped w/ 1500 HP

ESPs (25,000 bpd per ESP) Free Gas flows through

annulus Umbilical Voltage = 4.4 KV

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Perdido – Night Shot

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