Self-standing hybrid riser in Roncador debut

摘要

With the installation of a self-standing hybrid riser on Petrobras' Roncador field, the first of four deepwater production solutions specifically targeted under Brazil's Procap 3000 initiative has become a reality. The other three evolving technologies are slated for deployment by 2010. Jennifer Pallanich reports. Improving fatigue life of risers in Brazil's deepwater has been one of the aims of Procap 3000 since its inception in 2000 as the technological capability program for deepwater and ultra-deepwater exploitation systems for Petrobras.