Parque das Conchas (BC-10) Subsea-Hardware Systems: Selection, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

摘要

The ultradeepwater Parque das Conchas Project, offshore Brazil, includes the Ostra, Abalone, and Argohauta-BW fields in separate clusters tied back to the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel Espirito Santo. At 2,000-m water depth, several significant challenges had to be overcome and significant new technology had to be developed to make this project a reality, including the following.