Project Profile
Value: $ 200 Million
Location: Santos Basin, Offshore Brazil
Area: unknown
Water Depth: 2,100m
Startup year: 2013
Installation of 76km of rigid 18-inch pipes linking the Guara and Lula North-East (formerly known as Tupi North-East) discoveries to the giant Tupi find. The project consists of a 54km stretch between Guara, in Block BM-S-9 and Tupi and a 22km extension linking Tupi to Tupi North-East, both in Block BM-S-11. The export lines will be capable of transporting 10 million cubic metres per day of gas, the combined capacity of the two floating production, storage and offloading vessels that will be installed at Guara and Tupi North-East.
Operator:
Petrobras: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Saipem: EPC - Pipes and installation
Subsea 7: Engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning of four decoupled riser systems
Balltec: Contract to provide the first Buoy Supported Riser (BSR) system for the Guara project
Sub Contractor:
Parker Hannifin: Steel wire tether system for Subsea 7
Cougar Automation: Development and commissioning of an innovative control system for Balltec to use on the first Buoy Supported Riser (BSR) system installed on Brazil’s Guara-Lula Project. Cougar Automation was commissioned by Balltec to design a dedicated control and automation system consisting of a surface-mounted primary control that would control the movement of the buoy support system via tether adjustment, using a linear chain tensioner. This was required in order to manage the tension in the risers.