SPE Brazil FPSO Symposium

2024 Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 | Registration
8:30 – 8:40 | Safety Briefing
8:40 – 9:00 | Welcome Session “SPE Brazil DECOM Symposium”

Carlos Pedroso (Latin America & Caribbean Director)

9:00 – 10:00 | Opening Session “SPE Brazil DECOM Symposium”

Chairs:

Carlos Mastrangelo  (Enauta’s COO)
Maria Celia Ximenes (CHEVRON General Manager, Marine Technical and Projects)
Leonardo Carneiro (Shell Head of Production Excellence at Shell)
Raul Portela (Equinor´s Operations Vice President)

10:00 – 12:00 | Session 1 "Lessons Learned from Recent Case Histories"

The purpose of this session is to present Recent Case Histories regarding execution of FPSO projects relevant to the industry. The speakers are encouraged to bring to the audience their experience on the management of such projects and lessons learned.

Chairs
Larissa Sigiliano (BW  Country Manager and VP Business Development & Market)
Lourenço Fróes (Petrobras New FPSOs Program Coordinator)

Speakers
10:00 – 10:20 – Lessons Learned in Integration and Offshore Comissioning of P71, Marcio Mattoso de Padua (Petrobras General Manager)
10:20 – 10:40 – BW Gas FPSO, Dieter Coelho Gripp (BW Offshore Delivery Manager)
10:40 – 11:00 – Bacalhau Project, TBD (Equinor)
11:00 – 11:20 – Turritela Project, TBD (Shell)
11:20 – 11:40 – Atlanta FPSO an Innovative Redeployment Approach, Ricardo Abiramia (ENAUTA Executive Operation’s Manager)
11:40 – 12:00 – Questions and debates

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch (at the Hotel)
13:00 – 15:00 | Session 2 "Decarbonization of FPSO: Tracking and reducing emissions for a sustainable future"

Reducing carbon gas emissions in existing FPSOs and improving performance in new projects is an industry challenge. This session will debate the results achieved and the improvements that are coming.

Chairs:
Frederico Carvalho Vieira (Petrobras General Manager Operational Efficiency of E&P Assets)
Cleusa Araujo (Shell Energy Transition Program Manager)

Speakers
13:00 – 13:20 – Agogo FPSO  – Leading the way towards minimum emissions, Paal Gunnar Heistad (Yinson Production SVP Business Development)
13:20 – 13:40 – TBD, Leonardo Santoro (MODEC Technical Management Manager)
13:40 – 14:00 – Petrobras Roadmap to Upstream Netzero, Roberto Gennaro Vairo (Petrobras Upstream Decarbonization Manager)
14:00 – 14:20 – FPSO decarbonization: Carbon Capture post combustion, Alessandro Zunino (SBM Offshore Commercial Director)
14:20 – 15:00 – Questions and debates

15:00 – 15:30 | Coffe Break
15:30 – 17:30 | Session 3 "Financing FPSO Projects in the Context of Energy Transition"

Following global commitments by different nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, financial institutions have been seriously lowering the availability of money to oil & gas projects. As a direct impact, the FPSO financing market is adapting to find different solutions to raising funds to build vessels with increasing CAPEX due to higher complexity and global costs. How do Oil Companies, FPSO Contractors, and banks see the impact on their businesses, and how are they adapting to find new alternatives? What are the implications on the traditional project financing that has ruled the leasing model for many years? How does finance availability connect with technical specifications for lowering gas emissions?

Chairs
Rodrigo Rocha (MODEC – Business Development Manager)
Gisela Macedo (Petrobras General Manager)

Speakers
15:30 – 15:50 – Petrobras´ view on financing Leased FPSOs and challenges to adapt to the market trends, Carlos Rechelo (Petrobras Finance Executive Manager)
15:50 – 16:10 – Albacora Case , TBD (Ocyan)
16:10 – 16:30 – TBD (Santander)
16:30 – 16:50 – TBD (Yinson)
16:50 – 17:30 – Questions and debates

17:30 – 18:30 | Welcome Cocktail
08:00 – 10:00 | Session 4 “New Technologies Improving the News FPSOs”

The new technologies will impact the projects and operation of FPSOs in the future. In this section, we will discuss the perspective of oil operator and engineering services companies regarding the challenges, trends, current projects for technology implementation, and how they will impact safety, emissions, and personnel on board (POB).

Chairs
Vinicius Matos (Petrobras R&D Manager for Topside Technologies)
Cynthia Oliveira (ONIP General Director)

Speakers
8:00 – 8:20 – Future Vision of FPSOs: Advancing Emission Reduction, Boyd Howell (MODEC Director of Business Development) and Arun Duggal (SOFEC President & CEO)
8:20 – 8:40 – Scaling Autonomous Robotics for FPSO Operations, Fabio Camargo Anhaia (Rockwell Automation Digital Manager) and Rodrigo Nunes Ferreira (SLB Digital BD Manager)
8:40 – 9:00 – Building the FPSO future vision from Petrobras, Marcelo Correa Brochado (Petrobras FPSO Innovation Portifolio Manager) and Bruno Coccaro Pivatto (Petrobras Process Engineer)
9:00 – 9:20 – Raia FPSO Project – New Concepts and Reduction of Co2 Intensity Emissions During Field Operations Life (30 Years), Claudio Oliveira (EQUINOR Raia Operation and Manteinance Manager)
9:20 – 10:00 – Questions and debates

10:00 – 10:30 | Coffe Break
10:30 – 12:30 | Session 5 “Advanced Integrity Management through Design, Applied Technologies and Best Practices: Empowering the Oil & Gas Industry to Overcome Challenges and Achieve Success”

Integrity is always a critical success factor during FPSOs lives, especially when new opportunities come with extending life initiatives. This session will present lessons learned and industry best practices.

Chairs
Marcelo Ramis (Petrobras Buzios General Manager)
Andre Cordeiro (MODEC – Fleet Strategic Manager)

Speakers
10:30 – 10:50 – Strategy and Technologies to Overcome Corrosion in Offshore Environment, Rodrigo Pommerehn Vitiello (Petrobras Mechanical Integrity Senior Consultant)
10:50 – 11:10 – Robotic hull repairs in open water, Torgeir Braein (Kongsberg Ferrotech International Director)
11:10 – 11:30 – Advanced Methodologies and Technologies for FPSO Integrity Management and Life Extension, Robert Seah (CHEVRON Digital and Integrity Lead)
11:30 – 11:50 – Drones for thickness gauging at Cargo Tanks, Fernando Faria (MODEC Asset Integrity Principal Engineer)
11:50 – 12:30 Questions and debates

12:30 – 13:00 | Wrapping up and taking away panel

Carlos Mastrangelo (Enauta’s COO)
Maria Celia Ximenes (CHEVRON General Manager, Marine Technical and Projects)
Leonardo Carneiro (Shell Head of Production Excellence at Shell)
Raul Portela (Equinor´s Operations Vice President)

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (at the Hotel)