Sapinhoa-Guara Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Petrobras
• Country: Brazil
• Location: BM-S-9 (Guara) Block, Santos Basin
• Production start: 2013
• Partners: Shell
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• Currently there is one FPSO on the field, the Cidade de São Paulo MV23 FPSO
• The Cidade de São Paulo has capacity to process 120 000 barrels of oil per day and 176 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.
• The oil produced from Sapinhoá is high quality and of medium density (30° API).
• Gas not used for reinjection is transferred through the Lula-Sapinhoá-Mexilhão pipeline to the Monteiro Lobato Gas Treatment Unit (UTGCA) located in Caraguatatuba.
• The Sapinhoá field development includes a second FPSO, the Cidade de Ilhabela FPSO, with production capacity of 150 000 barrels of oil per day and 212 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas.
• The FPSO is connected to nine production wells and seven injection ones

Contractors

• **MODEC, Mitsui and Mitsubishi:** Building and chartering a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO)
• **Technip:** Manufacture of gas injection flexible lines
• **Saipem:** Transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of gas export pipeline, as well as the engineering, procurement and construction of related subsea equipment
• **Subsea 7:** Project management, engineering and installation of flowlines and umbilicals
• **Technip:** Supply of approximately 100 kilometers of flexible pipes for oil production, gas lift, and gas injection for Sapinhoá Norte

History

• 2000 - Block awarded in the second licencing round
• 2008 - Sapinhoa Guara Oil Field discovered
• 2010 - Initial Extended Well Test started
• 2011 - MODEC, Mitsui and Mitsubishi awarded FSPO contract
• 2011 - Declaration of commerciality
• 2013 - First oil produced
• 2014 - The third well goes into production
• 2015 - Shell acquired BG Group and became a partner

Links

1. Brazil Oil And Gas Licence Blocks
2. Participation in FPSO chartering for Guara Field in Petrobras' pre-salt area
3. New E&C Offshore contracts worth over $1 billion to be executed by the newly-built FDS 2 vessel
4. Initial Extended Well Test for Guará discovery, offshore Brazil
5. Declaration of Commerciality for Guará Area
6. Technip awarded contract by Petrobras to provide high-tech solutions for the Guara & Lula Nordeste pre-salt fields in Brazil
7. First production from Sapinhoá field, offshore Brazil
8. Petrobras starts-up production of Sapinhoá North Early Production System (SPA), in pre-salt of Santos Basin
9. Subsea 7 S.A. awarded contracts offshore Brazil
10. Technip wins two contracts for ultra-deep water fields and helps Petrobras push back subsea frontiers
11. Petrobras starts-up third well at Sapinhoá field and registers a new monthly production record in the pre-salt
12. Petrobras starts-up FPSO Cidade de Ilhabelha in Santos Basin pre-salt Sapinhoá field
13. Recommended cash and share offer for BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell