Posted in Offshore Energy - General, tagged Brazil, Clyde Boudreaux, drilling, Gulf of Mexico, Noble, offshore oil on January 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Unfortunately, this isn’t a Cajun joke. According to Upstream, Noble’s Clyde Boudreaux, a deepwater semisubmersible, is being moved to Brazil to work for Shell.
We expect to see additional units leave the Gulf region, which may at some point impact the broader deepwater market. Roger Hunt, Noble
Posted in accidents, Offshore Energy - General, oil, tagged Brazil, offshore oil, P36, safety on December 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
President-elect Dilma joked recently that the oil discoveries were just the latest proof that God is Brazilian. And economists from Goldman Sachs no less are predicting that Brazil — along with Russia, China and India — will dominate the world economy in the 21st century.
If you didn’t see the 60 Minutes story on Brazil, you can view it here. With regard to the significance of Brazil’s recent deepwater discoveries, OGX owner Eike Batista offered the following:
Oh, it, it means we should be producing in excess of six million barrels a day. So it’ll put us in among the third, fourth largest producer in the world. Massive exporting.
According to this blog entry, Batista forecasts this 6 million bopd production rate (more than double the current output) by 2020!
Like other offshore producers, Brazil has experienced its tragedies, most notably the sinking of the P-36 production platform that resulted in 11 fatalities. Petrobras and Brazil have recovered nicely from that disaster, but outstanding safety performance is critical if they are to sustain their offshore success.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ANP, Brazil, HSE, Petrobras, transocean, UK on September 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in accidents, tagged accidents, Brazil, Petrobras, safety, Seadrill, West Polaris on August 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The above photo, which was sent to BOE in an email message, illustrates that BOP tests are not risk free. Apparently a pipe ram was blown out of the BOP during a stump (pressure) test prior to running the stack. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
Also (below), the 36″ conductor casing was flattened when the casing was run without ensuring that it was filled with sea water.
According to RigZone, the West Polaris is working for Petrobras offshore Brazil.
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