The development of the production phase of pre-Salt fields in Santos Basin have been facing many challenges, one of them is the occurrence of massive fluid losses during drilling, completion and evaluation operations. One possible solution to drill in this scenario is the usage of the Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) techniques to minimize fluid loss and, in cases of massive losses, the use of the Mud Cap Drilling technique. This paper presents a case study of the drilling operations on a Santos Basin well that had major losses while using conventional drilling technique hence unable to reach all objectives. The well was successfully reentered using MPD/PMCD to successfully reach target reservoir and the details of the solution to reentry using MPD/PMCD and its successful results is presented It is described the use of MPD variants including the first use of PMCD on a DP rig on an offshore well in Santos Basin. MPD/PMCD proved an enabling technology when reentering a reservoir with major losses and absent drilling window. Design, execution and results of successful operations are covered.
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