As Brazil works to extract its vast offshore oil and gas
reserves found in pre-salt formations, one of the most challenging locations is
the Santos Basin, where operators face a number of complex production and
transportation conditions. GE Oil & Gas has introduced innovative flexible
pipes to help customers overcome these challenges by developing new materials
for the pipes required to bring hydrocarbons to the surface.
Advanced flexible pipes
During
the past three years, the GE Oil & Gas team in Niterói has developed new
flexible pipe technologies to meet the specific conditions of the Santos Basin
oil. As a result, the company now is one of only two accredited providers of
advanced flexible pipes to be used in this location.
GE’s new flexible pipes feature important
advances as each pipe layer is made with a specific material to ensure the safe
and reliable transportation of oil and natural gas in the Santos Basin.
Traditional flexible pipes are already highly engineered technologies that must
be able to handle extreme pressures, temperatures and currents. The new pipes
developed for the Santos Basin build on these characteristics by adding new
materials specifically engineered to withstand the more acidic environment.
Altogether, about 70 professionals worked on the flexible pipe technology
project, which the GE team is continuing to enhance through more research and
development.
Flexible pipe innovation
GE’s
latest flexible pipe innovations build on the company’s 2011 acquisition of
Wellstream Holdings, which enabled GE Oil & Gas to further grow in the
floating production, storage and offloading offshore segment that underpins
deepwater oil and gas production activities in Brazil and around the world. The
business specialises in the engineering and manufacturing of high-quality
flexible risers and flowline products for oil and gas transportation in the
subsea production industry.
Brazil
To drive additional innovation, GE is establishing a new US$ 250 million Global Research Centre in Rio de Janeiro, which will host a subsea systems laboratory that will focus on developing more solutions for the pre-salt layer and ultra-deep water exploration.
To drive additional innovation, GE is establishing a new US$ 250 million Global Research Centre in Rio de Janeiro, which will host a subsea systems laboratory that will focus on developing more solutions for the pre-salt layer and ultra-deep water exploration.
Brazil is a key growth market for GE Oil &
Gas, with the country expecting investments to reach about US$ 320 billion by
2021, according to Energy Research Company. In addition to the future subsea
systems laboratory, the company also has announced a total of US$ 262 million
in investments to expand its equipment production facilities in Niterói and
Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, and Jandira in São Paulo.
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