Deepwater challenges and R&D opportunities

Peter Derks – Sr Researcher – Research and Technology Center Rio

October 2017

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Global research with high activity in Norway

Norway• Trondheim

• Bergen• Porsgrunn• Haugesund• Stavanger

• Oslo

Canada•St John’s

USA• Houston• Austin

Brasil• Rio

Subsurface

Exploration

Facilities

Projects and technology

collaboration

Lab and test facilities

Future value chains

Statoil ResearchFocus areas

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Statoil in Brazil | Robust portfolio in all stages

Santos BasinBM-S-8 block (Carcará

discovery)Campos Basin

BM-C-7/47 blocks (Peregrino Field)

Campos BasinBM-C-33 block (Pão de

Açucar discovery)

Espirito Santo Basin10 exploration licenses

Campos Basin

BM-C-7/47 (operated – 60%):• Producing asset, Phase 2 in execution• 14 API crude

BM-C-33 (operated – 35%):• Pre-salt discoveries, concession terms• Gas, condensate, light oil

Santos Basin

BM-S-8 (operated – 76%)• Pre-salt discovery, concession terms• >30 API oil, associated gas

Espirito Santo Basin

• 10 licenses, 6 from Round 11

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Research & Technology Center Rio - Subsea Technology ambition:

• Enable leaner-cleaner-smarter subsea field developments down to 3000 m

• Enhance mature/develop new subsea technologies to use in new fields

Subsea

Production

Systems

Sea water

treatment and

injection

Subsea Artificial

Lift Separation

Risers and

Pipelines

Technology Gap /

Requirement

• Contribute to the UDW strategy:

• Understand and handle design drivers for risers and mooring in UDW.

• New riser concepts, new materials

• Fiber rope mooring systems & components.

• Cost, efficient, reliable deep water boosting

• Minimize the topside modification impact

• Contribute to minimize the riser functionalities to reduce cost

• Gas liquid separation for ultra deep water

• Liquid liquid separaiton for ultra deep water

• Gas, oil and water treatment technologies for ultra deep water

• New pipe materitals

• Understand and handle design drivers for deep and ultradeep pipelines

TECHNOLOGY

STRATEGY Business Critical Technologies (BCT) => Contribute to realize the Deepwater Factory

• Remove fines and sulfates to enable sea water injection for fields suspectible to souring and clogging

• Efficient operation and cleaning of filtering technologies

• Efficient replacement of filter units

RCR FOCUS -

Subsea Technology

Sea water injection and treatment

RCR Subsea

Vision

Enable lean deep water subsea factory field development down to 3000 m for optimized value creation

Mature the next generation of subsea technologies to allow use in the Espirito Santo Basin

Subsea artificial lift Compact separation Deep Water Riser Deep Water Pipelines

Technology Gap /

Requirement

• Contribute to the UDW strategy:

• Understand and handle design drivers for risers and mooring in UDW.

• New riser concepts, new materials

• Fiber rope mooring systems & components.

• Cost, efficient, reliable deep water boosting

• Minimize the topside modification impact

• Contribute to minimize the riser functionalities to reduce cost

• Gas liquid separation for ultra deep water

• Liquid liquid separaiton for ultra deep water

• Gas, oil and water treatment technologies for ultra deep water

• New pipe materitals

• Understand and handle design drivers for deep and ultradeep pipelines

TECHNOLOGY

STRATEGY Business Critical Technologies (BCT) => Contribute to realize the Deepwater Factory

• Remove fines and sulfates to enable sea water injection for fields suspectible to souring and clogging

• Efficient operation and cleaning of filtering technologies

• Efficient replacement of filter units

RCR FOCUS -

Subsea Technology

Sea water injection and treatment

RCR Subsea

Vision

Enable lean deep water subsea factory field development down to 3000 m for optimized value creation

Mature the next generation of subsea technologies to allow use in the Espirito Santo Basin

Subsea artificial lift Compact separation Deep Water Riser Deep Water Pipelines

Technology Gap /

Requirement

• Contribute to the UDW strategy:

• Understand and handle design drivers for risers and mooring in UDW.

• New riser concepts, new materials

• Fiber rope mooring systems & components.

• Cost, efficient, reliable deep water boosting

• Minimize the topside modification impact

• Contribute to minimize the riser functionalities to reduce cost

• Gas liquid separation for ultra deep water

• Liquid liquid separaiton for ultra deep water

• Gas, oil and water treatment technologies for ultra deep water

• New pipe materitals

• Understand and handle design drivers for deep and ultradeep pipelines

TECHNOLOGY

STRATEGY Business Critical Technologies (BCT) => Contribute to realize the Deepwater Factory

• Remove fines and sulfates to enable sea water injection for fields suspectible to souring and clogging

• Efficient operation and cleaning of filtering technologies

• Efficient replacement of filter units

RCR FOCUS -

Subsea Technology

Sea water injection and treatment

RCR Subsea

Vision

Enable lean deep water subsea factory field development down to 3000 m for optimized value creation

Mature the next generation of subsea technologies to allow use in the Espirito Santo Basin

Subsea artificial lift Compact separation Deep Water Riser Deep Water Pipelines

RTCR Subsea Technology

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