Technologies

BHP ALPHA Technology

Bombeio Hidro Pneumático ALimentado por Pressão Hidráulica Anular

Objectives

  • Develop innovative pumping system capable of increasing rate of production and improving recovery factor
  • Extend life of late stage mature wells
  • Downhole system not dependent on electric current
  • Applicable for different BSW and RGO scenarios

Advantages

  • No rods and no electrical components
  • No gas compressors
  • Control production flow from the surface by altering injection flow
  • Simple well cleaning operations (fluid, sand)
  • Simple well logging operations
  • Minimize workover operations
  • Reduced rig requirements
  • Yields superior Production Volume vs. Driving Fluid Volume (up to 4 to 1)

Mary Valve

Innovation in Hydraulic Valves for Well Completions

Objectives

  • Create a disruptive technology/system - significantly impact the existing business model.
  • Allow opening and closing by hydraulic means only.
  • Eliminate hydraulic and electric lines.
  • Develop a selective mandrel that will allow fluid circulation in great volumes.
  • Reduce rig-time.
  • Reduce risk associated to the great number of mechanical components – simplification.

Advantages

  • Elimination of hydraulic and electric lines.
  • Simplification of well head systems.
  • Intelligent completion Valves that allow gradual opening and closing.
  • Simplification of formation testing, reducing risk during operations.
  • Simplification of opening/closing mechanisms, increasing reliability.
  • Change in the current tradeoff “cost x reliability” by reducing mechanical components.
  • Reduction of rig-time.
  • Reduction in risk of damaging of gas lift valves.
  • Allow recovery of gas lift mandrels.

Fletor Atlas

Flexible Well Completion Technology with only tree lines

Objectives

  • Develop a flexible well completion system applicable to different scenarios:
  • Single or multiple production zones.
  • Production or injection.
  • With or Without packers.
  • Simplify operations.
  • Reduce rig-time.
  • Reduce risk.
  • Improve reliability.

Advantages

  • No packers or attachments to the column.
  • Single-trip installations.
  • No operations for balancing column.
  • Works with any hydraulic valve system.
  • Fewer perforations in the tubing hanger.
  • No connector/disconnector, electric/hydraulic.
  • Allows retrieval of pump individually or entire system.
  • No electrical or hydraulic commutators to reach surface.

Fire Wall Funnel - FWF

Produced Water Management

Objectives

  • Create an innovative technology to tackle offshore produced water management challenges.
  • Use available natural gas to significantly reduce produced water on offshore installations.
  • Apply Industrial IoT allowing monitoring and control, improved reliability and risk reduction.
  • Reduce volumes of hard-to-manage residues.

Advantages

  • Uses available natural gas.
  • Requires comparative little space for management operations.
  • Reduces treatment costs and environmental risks.
  • Generates useful vapor.
  • Residue generated is more manageable.

AMENOFIS™ Technology

ESP
Acoplamento MEcânico NO Fundo ISento de Conexão Eletro-Hidráulico

Objectives

  • Generate value – Innovation
  • Yield significant NPV gains
  • Cost, risk and downtime reduction

Advantages

  • Improves Reliability
  • Qualified Components
  • Qualified System
  • Reduces downtime risk
  • Reduces fishing risk
  • Simplifies workover operations

AMENOFIS™ Technology

Intelligent Completion
Acoplamento MEcânico NO Fundo ISento de Conexão Eletro-Hidráulico

Objectives

  • Generate value – innovation
  • Yield significant NPV gains
  • Cost, risk and downtime reduction
  • Allow simple low risk workover operations
  • Improve well abandonment operations

Advantages

  • Improves Reliability
  • Qualified Components
  • Qualified System
  • Reduces fishing risk
  • Simplifies workover operations
  • Does not require connectors/disconnectors
  • Does not require packers
  • Simplifies well abandonment

AMENOFIS™ Technology

Combined ESP & Intelligent Completion
Acoplamento MEcânico NO Fundo ISento de Conexão Eletro-Hidráulico

ESP

  • Allows higher production volumes but has a very short life span (~2yr)

CI

  • Requires fewer production wells, improves recovery factor, and reduces frequency of interventions. However, increases complexity and requires expensive components

Advantages

  • Combines the best of ESP and IC systems reducing complexity and costs
  • Allows individual (IC) or simultaneous (ESP & IC) use
  • Extends life of mature fields (including offshore)

Well testing, cleaning, DST

UCDT
Umbilicalless Connector-Disconnector Tool

OBJECTIVES

  • Create a simple, versatile, low-cost solution for well cleaning, testing, and DST operations
  • Simplify clean-out eliminating current complexities involving Landing String and electric/hydraulic valves
  • Reduce risk, operation time, and logistics

Advantages

  • Significant time reduction (setup, trips, rig-time)
  • Superior operation safety
  • Eliminates dummy runs
  • Allows one-trip operations
  • Reduces deck space requirements
  • Simplifies logistics