Subsea Innovative Boosting Technologies on Deep Water Scenarios - Impacts and Demands

Abstract

Mendonga, J.E.; Pago~P.R.; Cotrim, M.L.; Camargo, RM.T. and Assayag, M.I., PETROBRAS *SPE Member ABSTRACT This paper presents the importance of deep water scenario for Brazil, the PETROBRAS Deep and Uitra-Deep Water R & D Program (PROCAP-2000) and the candidate fields for the deployment of subsea innovative boosting technologies (ESPS -electrical submersible pump in subsea wells, SSS -subsea separation systems and SBMS -subsea multiphase flow pumping system) as well as the problems associated with the flow assurance in such conditions. The impact of those innovative systems, their technological stage and remaining demands to make them available for deployment in offshore subsea areas, mainly in giant deepwater fields, are discussed and predicted.