Petrobras at OTC Brasil 2019 – Celebration of Results, FPSO, and the New Gas Market

Company Will Receive Award for Innovations Developed for the Pre-Salt Block of the Santos Basin. The New Gas Market, the Libra Asset, and Challenges in Contracting and Cost Containment for FPSOs Will Be Highlights of Petrobras at the Conference

Petrobras will participate in OTC 2019 (Offshore Technology Conference) on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of this month, an event that is one of the main conferences in Brazil in the oil and gas sector. The event will serve as a stage for the Distinguished Achievement Award presentation, an award granted by the Conference to Petrobras in recognition of the set of unprecedented solutions developed to make the production of oil and gas in Libra, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, feasible.

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Castello Branco, current president of Petrobras, will receive the award at a lunch that is part of the program on Wednesday (30), where he will present the state company and its new position in the current market, paying special attention to the Libra project and highlighting the results of long-duration tests on the asset, as well as pioneering technologies developed to enable production in the area.
In total, seventy-seven Petrobras professionals will present 65 papers addressing topics ranging from geophysical technologies applied to pre-salt reservoirs; advancements in subsea technologies; diverless operations; to challenges of innovation, cost reduction, and competitiveness of FPSOs, among other subjects.

“With the increase in investments in exploration and production and the upcoming auctions of exploratory blocks, opportunities multiply for the Brazilian industry. In this scenario, OTC consolidates itself as the main technical offshore forum in the country, playing the role of fostering the sector and promoting the exchange of experiences among operators, suppliers, and academia,” exclaims Renato Pinheiro, who is the general manager of Project Implementation at the State Company and will also be leading the technical representations at the conference.

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On Tuesday, there will be a discussion on the new gas market in Brazilian territory, with the company’s Director of Refining and Natural Gas, Anelise Quintão. On the same date, Rudimar Lorenzatto, Director of Production Development and Technology, will moderate a special session on the topic “FPSO Challenges: Innovation, Cost Reduction, and Competitiveness in Design, Construction, and Operation.”
The following day (30/10), Anelise Lara will moderate a panel on the role of women in the oil and gas industry. Following that, the Director of Exploration and Production, Carlos Alberto Pereira de Oliveira, will participate in a plenary session on “How to Increase the Competitiveness of Deep Water Projects.”

On the last day of the conference (31/10), the Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation, Nicolás Simone, will participate in a breakfast event on “The New Paradigm of Innovation in Brazil.” On the same date, the Director of Corporate Affairs, Eberaldo de Almeida Netto, will moderate a panel titled “How to Promote Productivity and Competitiveness of the Brazilian Oil and Gas Supply Chain?”

Booth

In the exhibition area of the Conference, Petrobras’s booth will promote the “Petrobras Arena,” with presentations by company technicians on the themes: “Libra: Risk Reduction Strategy and Its Legacy for the Industry,” “Offshore Robotics – The Case of the Painting Robot,” “Petrobras Connections for Innovation,” “The Ten Years of Production in the Pre-Salt of the Santos Basin,” and “Artificial Intelligence in Offshore Safety.”
The booth will be equipped with a simulator that reproduces activities in ultra-deep waters, as well as an interactive table showcasing the main results and milestones of Petrobras’s operations in the pre-salt and in Libra.

OTC Brazil takes place from October 29 to 31, at the Sul América Convention Center in Rio de Janeiro. Check out the complete program of the conference.

Source: Petrobras Press Office