Petrobras Magazine Special Business Edition: Rio Oil & Gas 2010

SPECIAL BUSINESS EDITION

Learn about
the Business Plan
2010-2014 in detail

Petrobras is counting
on Brazilian industry
and technology park

Pre-salt Production for Real
Definitive systems start the production on a commercial
scale in the Tupi accumulation

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Letter to Our Readers

Brazil: a Global Power in the Energy Sector
The decade since year 2000 has been very good for Brazil company and for Brazil. It is for this reason that we are
in all areas, but especially for the energy industry. We reached expanding and modernizing our refining park, with an
self-sufficiency in oil production, we exported our experience eye toward becoming exporters of oil products very soon
with ethanol to the entire world, and we made the greatest and producing fuels with lower sulfur content. We are also
oil discovery in the Western Hemisphere in decades when we preparing to expand our share of the global market for natural
found the pre-salt reserves. gas and electricity. And we are investing ever greater amounts
We know that, in our industry, there is no such thing as of resources to ensure the safety of our operations. To make
short term. These results are the fruit of efforts that began it possible to carry out more than 600 projects over the next
more than 50 years ago, with the creation of Petrobras, five years, Petrobras has developed one of the most ambitious
motivated by the belief that Brazil could indeed become a business plans in the entire industry, which calls for total
global power in the energy sector. investments $224 billion throughout all the company’s areas.
In the coming years, Petrobras will take decisive steps But the pre-salt legacy for Brazil and for Petrobras goes
in this direction. With the support of our partners and well beyond the productive cycle. The mobilization of the
suppliers, we are currently building the foundations for pre- domestic industry, with the training of workers and the
salt production, which will reach its peak ten years from creation of jobs and income, and the development of the
now. We successfully concluded Phase Zero, which was the Brazilian industrial park are two premises which Petrobras
Extended Well Test (EWT) at Tupi, obtaining results that will will not give up. Of the total amount to be invested between
be extremely useful for perfecting our definitive production 2010 and 2014, no less than $142.2 billion will be spent
systems. The challenge for us now is, by 2017, to reach on the acquisition of goods and services from domestic
production of one million barrels per day exclusively from suppliers. This policy will resonate through the industry
the pre-salt area. Toward this goal, we are investing $33 with a surge in demand for labor, both at Petrobras itself and
billion between 2010 and 2014 in exploration, production at the industries and Tthe supplier companies, generating
development, infrastructure, and support to develop the new close to 1.5 million new positions. If any “bottlenecks”
cluster. We have full confidence that Petrobras is prepared to are discovered in the Brazilian energy industry, they will
lead this complex and challenging undertaking. be identified and fixed. They represent opportunities for
It is not a question only of the extraction of oil and gas improvement, and not insurmountable obstacles, More than
from below the sea floor at great depths. Our objective is to that, they make us feel certain that we are on the verge of
maximize the benefits of this historic discovery, generating, turning a new page in the history of the company, of Brazil
from these reserves, the greatest benefit possible for the and of the energy industry.

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04 Pre-Salt production
gets underway
Petrobras will put into production the first definitive
Roberto Rosa / Petrobras Image Bank

platform in Tupi accumulation by the end of 2010.

12 Transforming
Brazil’s industry
Petrobras turns to domestic suppliers for
the development of the pre-salt pole.

18 Partnerships
for growth
Petrobras’ collaboration with supplier companies and
academia for the development of the pre-salt cluster
has spurred the development of one the world’s most
advanced technological parks in the energy sector.
Petrobras Image Bank

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24 Operational
safety

Juarez Cavalcanti / Petrobras Image Bank
Contingency Management strengthens
prevention efforts and ensures quick responses
in the event of accidents.

Integrating to 28
develop
Petrobras is implementing a new work

Bruno Veiga / Petrobras Image Bank
philosophy to integrate its operations.

32 On the way
to the top
The Business Plan 2010-2014 prepares
Geraldo Falcão / Petrobras Image Bank

Petrobras to become one of the world’s five
largest oil majors.


Pre-salt production
gets underway
Petrobras will put into production the first definitive
platform in Tupi accumulation by the end of 2010.


BY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, PETROBRAS EXPECTS optimization of the number of wells for each
to put into production its FPSO Cidade de Angra project and to better define their geometry and
dos Reis, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. type of required stimulation; for a performance
This unit is the first production platform of evaluation of the different methods of recovery; to
commercial scale scheduled for the Tupi region, calibrate the oil flow tests in the subsea lines; to
and the start of its operations is a major step verify the performance of the subsea systems; and
forward in the company’s plans to develop the to maximize the operational efficiency of the gas
massive accumulations discovered in recent years processing plant on the platform.
under the layer of salt. The Tupi Pilot will test the performance of
The FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis, chartered the various methods of recovery planned for the
from the company Modec, will set anchor in pre-salt layer, especially Water Alternating Gas
2,149 meters of water depth. It will immediately Injection (WAG). The gas processing plant will
be connected to the well 9-RJS-660 and will treat the oil to separate the natural gas, the CO2,
begin producing between 15,000 to 20,000 and the water, which can all be reused to improve
barrels of oil per day (bpd). The new platform the recovery of oil from the reservoir, by means of
has the capacity to produce up to 100,000 bpd reinjecting sea water after extracting the sulfate, as
and to process up to 5 million cubic meters of well as the possible re-injection of natural gas and
gas per day. Once peak production is reached, CO2, or just CO2.
it will be connected to six oil producing wells, The commercial gas flow will be carried by
a gas injector, a water injector, and finally, one an 18-inch pipeline that will connect the Pilot’s
capable of alternating between water and gas FPSO to a pipeline end manifold (PLEM) to be
injection. installed close to the platform in Mexilhão, which
Once the Cidade de Angra dos Reis arrives, is a field of non-associated gas located in the
the FPSO Cidade de São Vicente, which is Santos Basin. At this point it will be transported
conducting an Extended Well Test (EWT) at Tupi to the coast, together with the gas from Mexilhão
using the well 3-RJS-646, will be transferred to and other areas, through a 34-inch pipeline
the Northeast Tupi region, where it will begin a already installed, ending up at the Monteiro
new EWT. Just like the Cidade de São Vicente, Lobato Gas Treatment Unit, currently being built
the Cidade de Angra dos Reis will continue, by Petrobras in the city of Caraguatatuba, on the
until December, to collect technical data about coast of São Paulo state. There it will be treated
the reservoir. From the designation of Tupi as a before being taken to the consumer market. The
commercial area, currently expected to happen oil will be transported by relief vessels from the
around the end of December, Cidade de Angra FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis.
dos Reis will begin the Tupi Pilot Project phase, At present, six wells have already been drilled
and will also be connected to the well 3-RJS-646. in the Tupi region. By 2017, Petrobras expects to
It will complement the objective of the EWT put 11 production units into operation at the pre-
by providing valuable information about the salt cluster of the Santos Basin, including three
reservoir and production, considered essential for production pilots in the accumulations at Tupi,
the conception of the other pre-salt production Northeast Tupi, and Guará; and another eight
units. This data will be fundamental for the in locations still to be defined, as foreseen in the
other pre-salt areas, especially in regard to the development plans for the area.

The FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis has the capacity
to produce up to 100,000 bpd and to process up to
5 million cubic meters of gás/day.


Elizabeth Dalcin / Petrobras Image Bank

Construction of the
Monteiro Lobato Gás
Treatment Unit

PLANSAL
The development of pre-salt production from practically all the areas of Petrobras have worked
the Santos Basin has quite different characteristics together on the elaboration of the Master Plan for
from those of projects which have been carried the Integrated Development of the Santos Basin
out in the Campos Basin in recent decades, not Pre-Salt Cluster, better known as PLANSAL. The
only because of the exploratory aspects, but plan encompasses a set of strategies and projects
also owing to the expectation of potentially which will be implemented in the next 20 years
high volumes of oil and gas spread out over an in order to develop the area. It is comprised of
extensive area. five project subprograms: Exploratory Evaluation;
The characteristics of the Santos Basin pre-salt Production Development; Logistical and Flowline
cluster make integrated development not only Infrastructure; Transportation and Use of Oil; and
viable, but highly advantageous. The exploratory Transformation and Trading of Gas.
blocks are located geographically close to one These subprograms are supported by eight
another, in an area of about 11,600 km² and functional plans: Technological Development;
were acquired simultaneously in leasing rounds Availability of Critical Resources; Availability of
promoted by the National Oil, Natural Gas, and Skills; Quality, Health, Safety, and the Environment
Biofuels Agency (ANP) in 2000 and 2001. The (QHSE); Operational Partnership Management;
exploratory risk in this area has shown itself Regulatory Aspects; Investment Optimization;
to be much less than is generally found in the and finally, Integrated Planning.
industry. Every single exploratory well drilled in PLANSAL is not a static or definitive plan. It
the Santo Basin pre-salt cluster so far has resulted is revised every year, in a process of permanent
in a discovery. inclusion of data about the geology of the area,
The combination of these factors will make the productivity of the reservoirs, subsea flow
it possible for Petrobras and its partners lines, and the performance of production facilities.
(BG, Partex, Shell, Petrogal-Galp, Repsol) to This is the reason for the importance given to the
develop the discoveries by creating solutions Petrobras strategy of conducting extended well tests
to be deployed in several areas of the pre-salt before defining the production systems. Acquiring
pole. With this, the strategies for developing the maximum amount of data possible will permit
these technologies will be optimized, as will the company to constantly perfect its concepts for
the contracting and utilization of physical and these projects, will reduce uncertainties, and will
financial resources. It is with this in mind that make the planning increasingly effective.


DEVELOPMENT IN STAGES
The subprograms for Exploratory Evaluation adapted for the unique pre-salt conditions. This
and Production Development will be carried out phase will function as a field laboratory for the
in two stages, known as Phase 0 and Phase 1A development of new technologies. This is when
. Phase 0, or the data acquisition stage, began the two anticipated production pilots will be
in 2008 and should end in 2016. It seeks to installed at Guará and Northeast Tupi, both with
define the limits of the discoveries with an eye capacity to produce up to 120,000 bpd, as well
toward improving the geological characterization as eight other production units called “replicas”
of the areas, as called for in the Evaluation Plans that will be done in series. The replicas, whose
established by the ANP. Besides new surveys and hulls will be built in Brazil at the Rio Grande
seismic reprocessing, up to 37 delineation wells shipyard, will each have the capacity to produce
will be drilled and up to 18 extended well tests up to 150,000 bpd. The natural gas processing
(EWTs) will be performed. The Tupi Pilot will also capacity will be about 5 million m³ per day. Each
be conducted in this stage. system will be connected to about 20 different
The information obtained in Phase 0 will be wells, including producer and injector wells, as
fundamental for the definition of Phase 1, or, in well as subsea installations to controll production
other words, the definitive development stage. and flow.
This phase will be subdivided into 1A and 1B. Phase 1B seeks to complete the development
Phase 1A, planned for sometime between 2013 of the pre-salt cluster with the heavy use of
and 2016, has the goal of reaching production new technologies to be developed. Among
above 1 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), in these new technologies will be production units
locations operated by Petrobras, to generate cash with dedicated drilling rigs, dry Christmas
flow for the development of Phase 1B, which will tree completion systems (with the tree on the
take place as of 2017. surface); alternate water and gas and/or CO2
During phase 1A, Petrobras will apply production injection (WAG) into the reservoirs to provide
concepts already mastered by Petrobras and enhanced recovery; and solutions for oil and gas

PHASE 0: THE AQUISITION
FASE 1: DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT
OF DATA

1A 1B

PERIOD: 2008-2016 PERIOD: 2013-2016 PERIOD: beginning in 2016

OBJECTIVE: To define the OBJECTIVE: production above OBJECTIVE: to complete the
limits of the discoveries and 1 million barrels per day (bpd) development of the pre-salt
the geological characterists of oil in 2017 cluster with the heavy use of
of the areas. new technologies
MARKS: The installation of
MARKS: Besides new surveys anticipated production pilots at MARKS: Among these new
and seismic reprocessing, up Guará and Northeast Tupi, each technologies will be production
to 37 delineation wells will be with capacity to produce up units with dedicated drilling
drilled and up to 18 extended to 120,000 bpd, in addition to rigs, dry completion systems,
well tests (EWTs) will be eight other production units and alternate water and gas
performed. The Tupi Pilot will and or CO2 injection into the
be conducted in this stage. reservoirs



Pré-salt oil has good
characteristics, such as
low sulfer content

flow assurance. Production will be transported
according to two subprograms: one for Logistical
and Flowline Infrastructure; and another for the
Transportation and Use of Oil, with the foreseen
installation of two transport modalities: by ship
and by pipeline.
The transportation by ships will rely upon
systems that permit the transfer from relief vessels
using dynamic positioning to conventional
vessels, which will then transport the cargo of
oil to the final destination, either in the country
or abroad. This option will be sufficient for the
entire production volume foreseen in Phase 1A,
and partially for 1B. The remainder could be
transported by a system of pipelines that will
complement the outflow capacity for Phase 1B.
Due to its good characteristics, among which
are the low sulfur content and the production of
derivatives with a high aggregate value, Brazilian
pre-salt oil could lead to a significant reduction in
Brazilian imports of medium to light crude.
The natural gas to be traded will be transported
by those projects defined in the subprograms of
Logistical and Flowline Infrastructure, and the
Transformation and Trading of Gas. Initially, the
gas will be transported via a subsea pipeline, which
will connect Tupi to the gas pipeline network at
Caraguatatuba. Later, it will be necessary to install
a new transport route, which could be done
either by means of a Floating Liquefied Natural
Gas (FLNG) plant, or by a new gas pipeline to
the Cabiúnas Terminal, located in the Campos
Basin. These alternatives are being evaluated to
determine the best course of action for the future.
Operational support will be handled by the
subprogram for logistical infrastructure, whose
basic strategy is the optimization of support costs.
It will be necessary to build ports, airports, fiber
optic rings, midway stations for the movement
of fluids, and possibly an intermediate logistical
support platform.

The objective of PLANSAL is to produce more than
1 million barrels per day in 2017


PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES OXYGENATING THE INDUSTRY
Petrobras relies upon a number of initiatives and With the implantation of the Santos Basin pre-
programs that will make feasible its desired goals salt cluster projects, there will be a significant
in the years ahead. An example is the Program for increase in demand for goods and services in Brazil.
Developing CO2 Technologies (PRO-CO2), which This will serve to generate great opportunities for
seeks to make it possible to capture, transport, the growth of domestic industries, whether it is
and store carbon dioxide underground. Since through expansion of the existing industrial park
both environmental preservation and operational or by creation of new players in the service and
safety are priorities for all the projects, this manufacturing sector.
program is developing the initiatives to reach the One of the PLANSAL strategies that will make
goal of not releasing atmospheric emissions of the possible a policy of domestic content is the
CO2 produced with pre-salt gas. construction in series of production units: the
A new model of operations called GIOp – so-called “FPSO Factory”. This is an initiative
Integrated Operations Management will be used without precedent in the oil and gas industry,
in the Santos Basin, with the focus on remote, which will permit swifter delivery of the units,
integrated monitoring of the operations, seeking and thereby will make it possible to anticipate the
excellence in safety and operational efficiency. production curve and the economic return from
The Technology Program for the Development the investments in the pre-salt cluster.
of Pre-Salt Reservoirs (PROSAL) was created One of the challenges of the pre-salt layer in this
with the objective of maximizing the recovery area is the number of wells that will be drilled.
of hydrocarbons from the area, identifying the Considering that on average each production unit
most adequate well geometry for the reservoirs, in Phases 0 and 1A could have up to 20 wells
and guaranteeing that the fluids produced flow connected to it, there will be somewhere in the
without problems from the producing reservoirs range of 200 wells to be drilled in the coming
to the production units. years. With this in mind, and in light of the overall
demand generated by Petrobras’ exploratory
Replica FPSOs efforts and by the development of the production
will be built at the of Petrobras’ extensive portfolio of opportunities,
Rio Grande shipyard
José Luis Rodrigues da Cunha / Petrobras Image Bank the company has contracted a number of rigs to
operate in ultradeep water. Currently it is in the
process of contracting the acquisition of up to 28
more units, all to be built in Brazil, in line with
the strategy to have all the equipment available
within the stipulated timeframe.
Both the “FPSO Factory” concept and the
acquisition of rigs are part of a set of strategies
that will make it possible to raise the index of
local content, generating scale to promote the
expansion of the Brazilian industry in terms of
global competition.
The demand for goods and services for the pre-
salt projects will sustain the creation of thousands
of new jobs, will improve the qualification of the
existing labor force, and will increase income
in a wide range of sectors throughout Brazil. In
this context, it is becoming increasingly clear
that the Oil and Gas Mobilization Program
(PROMINP) is making a major contribution
toward maximizing the participation of local
industry along competitive and sustainable lines.
Petrobras has also created the Pre-Salt Skills
Development Program (PRODESAL), with the

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The acquisition of drilling rigs
will make it possible to raise
the levels of domestic content

Geraldo Falcão / Petrobras Image Bank

The demand for goods and services will sustain the creation
of thousands of new jobs, the training of the labor force,
and the increase of income in various sectors in Brazi
goal of disseminating and perpetuating the certification, as it foresees in its project the
knowledge of its workforce acquired by the intelligent use of natural resources.
accumulation of the technologies developed and This undertaking illustrates a success story
innovative practices. that began during the early part of the 2000s,
when Petrobras decided to expand its exploratory
THE EXPANSION OF THE SANTOS BASIN activities beyond the central nucleus of the
With the pre-salt cluster, the Petrobras activities Campos Basin, intensifying surveys to the north
near the Santos Basin will be accelerated in the and south of the area, and advancing through the
coming years. In order to support the growth of the Santos and Espírito Santo basins.
company’s activities in the region, in 2008, it pur- For logistical support, there are already four
chased a 25,000m² area in the historical neighbor- air support areas for the Santos Basin operations:
hood of Valongo, in the city of Santos. On this piece in Jacarepaguá and Cabo Frio, in Rio de Janeiro;
of land, the company plans to build three high-rises in Itanhaém, in São Paulo; and in Navegantes, in
which will coordinate the operations in the basin. Santa Catarina. For sea support, three other areas
The installations of the future headquarters of are used: the port of Rio de Janeiro and the port
the Santos Basin Operations Unit will have the of Imbetiba/Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro state, and
capacity to accommodate about 6,000 people. the port of Itajaí, in Santa Catarina. Besides these
With this project, together with others being facilities, two logistical bases with port and airport
carried out in the region, the neighborhood will infrastructure are being considered for installation
go through a profound process of revitalization. in Itaguaí, in Rio de Janeiro, and in part of the
It will be the first building in the city with green Santos air base, in Guarujá, in São Paulo.


Transforming
Brazil’s Industry
Petrobras turns to domestic suppliers
for the development of the pre-salt pole.


PETROBRAS RELIES HEAVILY UPON BRAZIL’S The greatest sign of Petrobras’ faith in domestic
consolidation as major hub for goods and suppliers is the fact that one of the most critical
engineering services with international standards resources for pre-salt exploration, the contracting
of competitiveness. The proof of this is the global of drilling rigs for deep water, will focus
goal of attaining 67% Brazilian content in new predominately on the Brazilian market. Twenty
company projects, stipulated in the Business Plan six rigs are scheduled for construction in the
2010-2014. Purchases from the domestic market country by 2014 (there will be 53 by 2020), with
are forecasted to reach the range of $142.2 billion rising levels of domestic content.
over the next five years, representing a volume Two other programs also reflect the efforts that
of annual contracts in the country worth nearly Petrobras is devoting toward stimulating the
$28.4 billion per year. domestic industry: Transpetro’s Fleet Modern-
ization and Expansion Program (PROMEF) and
Investiments in Brazil (US$ Billions) the Oil and Natural Gas Mobilization Program
Investments Placement on the Domestic
(PROMINP).
Business Area
in Brazil National Market Content (%)

E&P 108.2 57.8 53% PROMINP
The Oil and Natural Gas Mobilization Program
Supply 78.6 62.8 80%
(PROMINP), which seeks to strengthen the
Gas & Energy 17.6 14.4 82%
competitiveness of the domestic industry and to
Distribution 2.3 2.3 100% foster job growth, has also obtained significant
Biofuels 2.3 2.3 100% results. The amount of domestic content in
Corporate 3.3 2.6 80%
project execution rose from 57% in 2003 to 75%
in 2009. The increase in local content represented
Total 213.3 142.2 67%
additional orders placed on the domestic market
+ worth $17.8 billion, generating some 755,000
US$ 46.4 BILLION FROM PARTNERS new jobs during that time.
Font: Petrobras Business Plan 2010-2014

Prominp students Petrobras Image Bank


PROMINP trains new
professionals for industry


Through the National Professional Training “PROMEF is an exercise in industrial policy. Brazil
Plan (PNQP), with an investment of R$ 260 currently represents the fourth largest portfolio of
million, PROMINP, by 2010, will train 78,000 new vessels being built for the oil industry in the
professionals in 15 states, through coursework world, and the intent is to pursue the same goal
linked to the oil and gas sector. According to the of sustainability as Petrobras, so that the shipyards
executive coordinator of PROMINP, José Renato export vessels and acquire new clients,” says
de Almeida, by 2013, the pre-salt investments will executive manager of PROMEF Arnaldo Arcadier.
,
demand 207,000 professionals with specialized The program was funded with an investment
training, in large part due to the shipbuilding of $4.7 billion in its first two phases (PROMEF
industry. The need for new professionals is I and II), having created close to 200,000 direct
based on the Petrobras Business Plan, which and indirect jobs. PROMEF III, which should
has seen its annual investment grow more than begin tendering contracts between 2012 and
seven times since 2003, going from $5.8 billion 2013, will take into consideration the demands
to $42.4 billion in 2010. “This means that the of the pre-salt pole and the start-up of four
industry will have an opportunity seven times new refineries in the Northeast (in the states of
larger with an equally large challenge. In order to Pernambuco, Ceará, Maranhão, and Rio Grande
be able to do this in Brazil, with local companies, do Norte), and the Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical
a high level of competitiveness is fundamental to Complex (COMPERJ).
provide the services required for these projects,” Part of the attempt to revive the tradition and
says the PROMINP coordinator. quality of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry
has already produced results. In August of 2010,
PROMEF during a seminar at the Navalshore event, a group
PROMEF seeks, above all, to give local shipyards of suppliers from the Japanese Marine Equipment
the ability to compete on a global marketplace. Association (JSMEA) displayed their products and
The program requires ships to be built in Brazil showed interest in participating in PROMEF Some.
with a minimum of 70% domestic content. of these suppliers already have agreements with

The effort to revive the tradition and the quality of the
Brazilian shipbuilding industry has already produced results

Transpetro, a Petrobras subsidiary, and intend to has been stagnant since the 1990s. In this way,
invest in Brazil because of the efforts to reactivate the effort to introduce domestic content into
the local shipyards. the company’s demands will contribute toward
By investing in programs such as PROMEF the consolidation of the shipbuilding industry
and PROMINP, Petrobras seeks to contribute to in Brazil, which today has the largest program of
the revitalization of Brazil’s industrial base, which offshore investments in the world.

PROMEF ORDERS:
Of the 49 vessels designated in the first two phases of PROMEF 46 have already been tendered
,
and contracted. The final three ships are in the final stages of tendering:
• 10 Suezmax vessels – US$ 1.2 billion
• 5 Aframax vessels – US$ 693 million
• 4 Panamax vessels – US$ 468 million
• 9 Product vessels – US$ 552.5 million
• 4 Suezmax DP support vessels – US$ 746 million
• 3 Aframax DP support vessels – US$ 477 million
• 3 Bunker vessels – US$ 46 million
Orders that have already been negotiated, awaiting contract signature:
• 3 LPG tankers – US$ 536 million
Orders in the final stage of tendering:
• 3 Product cargo vessels

Total already under contract: US$ 4.7 billion
Brasfels Shipyard, in
Angra dos Reis (RJ)
Ari Versiani / Petrobras Image Bank



The South Atlantic Shipyard
The South Atlantic Shipyard (EAS), created in November of 2005 in the Suape
region of Pernambuco, is the largest shipyard in the Southern Hemisphere and
has the largest PROMEF portfolio, with orders for 22 vessels. This undertaking,
considered a milestone in the revitalization of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry,
has led to nearly 60,000 new direct and indirect jobs. The EAS was built with an
investment of R$ 1.4 billion, and has an installed capacity on the order of 160,000
tons of steel per year. The shipyard has as partners the Brazilian groups Camargo
Corrêa and Queiroz Galvão, and the company PJMR. Its international partner is the
South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

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Partnerships
for growth
Petrobras’ collaboration with supplier companies and
academia for the development of the pre-salt cluster
has spurred the development of one the world’s most
advanced technological parks in the energy sector.

PETROBRAS’ WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE outside Brazil and, once finalized, will be installed
academic community and the company’s at a real-scale testing unit by FMC in the park.
suppliers of goods and services has proven The UFRJ is also evaluating requests from other
decisive for the development of technology companies interested in installing their own
needed for its activities. These partnerships, facilities in the park, including an R&D center
carefully nurtured over many years, are more already confirmed by the Brazilian steel company
dynamic today than ever before due to the Usiminas. And this is just the beginning: General
immense challenges of the pre-salt pole, and they Electric (GE), IBM, and Cameron are other
have led to a true revolution among Brazilian companies which have already announced
research facilities with the creation within the their intention to build research facilities in
country’s borders of one of the most advanced partnership with Brazilian universities, as well
technological parks anywhere in the world in the as to sign technological cooperation agreements
oil, natural gas, and energy segments. with Petrobras.
With the pre-salt pole, the scale and complexity “Currently the UFRJ Technology Park is the
of Petrobras’ technological challenges has grown only one that has signed agreements that have
continuously. As a result, traditional suppliers, been disclosed with companies supplying goods
including large multinationals, are knocking and services to Petrobras, but other agreements
on the company’s doors to establish long term will certainly be formed in the coming years,”
partnerships to supply goods and services, often says executive manager of CENPES, Carlos
requiring state-of-the-art technologies. To develop Tadeu da Costa Fraga.
these technologies, Petrobras encourages these
firms to build research centers in the country, NETWORK COLLABORATION
close to its installations and to its university Petrobras is presently the company that most
partners, therefore strengthening integration and invests in research and development in Brazil.
the exchange of knowledge. These partnerships From 2007 to 2009, the company spent $2.5 bil-
also result in the creation of new jobs and in the lion in pursuit of new technology solutions to the
training of highly qualified Brazilian workers for company’s challenges. These investments should
the sector. reach $5.1 billion between 2010 and 2014.
This initiative has been particularly successful
at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Petrobras’ investments in R&D between 2007
Technology Park, located near the Petrobras and 2009, by area
Research Center (CENPES). The park has already
been selected for the construction of new research 3% 3%
centers by at least three important equipment 4%
suppliers and service companies in the oil and
gas industry: FMC Technologies, Schlumberger,
Production
and Baker Hughes. These firms are leaders in the
Downstream
market for their activities and will invest millions 10%
Exploration
of dollars in facilities and research activities, 47% The Environment
directed primarily toward offshore exploration Biofuels
and production. Gas and Energy
Among the projects planned is an integration 12%
Others
test for the first subsea oil and water separation
system (OWSS), the fruit of a technological
cooperation agreement between Petrobras and 21%
FMC. The system is in the construction phase

Due to the pre-salt development, the scale and the
complexity of Petrobras’ demands have grown

Innovation as a differentiator has been one of Petrobras’
pillars to obtain results
Besides developing its own technologies and of the partnerships with these institutions, for
providing incentives for its partners, Petrobras every researcher at CENPES, there are close to
works in conjunction with universities and nine researchers working on projects of interest to
research institutions. From 2006 to 2009, the Petrobras at Brazilian institutions of higher learning. A technician working in the
company invested close to $200 million per year Corrosion and Non-Destructive
in partnership with these institutions. These Testing Laboratory (LNDC)
Leonardo Borba / Petrobras Image Bank
investments are encouraged by a clause found
in the concession contracts for exploration and
production granted to Petrobras by the National
Agency of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), which
sets aside at least 1% of the gross revenue
generated from high profitability fields, or those
with large volumes of production, for investment
in research and development.
To make the most of these investments, in
2006, Petrobras created a research model called
Thematic Networks. Each network encompasses
several universities and research centers, which
are integrated and operate together under the
coordination of Petrobras, along themes defined
by the company.
There are currently 50 such networks, in which
close to 100 different institutions exchange
expertise, share infrastructure, and develop joint
research activities. In the beginning, the largest
volume of funds was dedicated to improving
laboratory facilities, which acquired a standard
equivalent to the best research laboratories
known to Petrobras anywhere in the world.
With the physical structures already completed,
this initiative has constantly increased the funds
used to carry out the research projects and to
train the researchers.
Some of the results of this strategy are already
visible in practice. One example is the research
developed in the Corrosion and Nondestructive
Testing Laboratory at the UFRJ, which is part of
the Materials and Corrosion Control Technology
Network. This research has contributed to
studies which identify the materials best suited
for the equipment which will be used in the pre-
salt fields.
By means of the Thematic Networks strategy,
the area of the laboratory facilities at Brazilian
universities is already about four times larger
than the existing area at CENPES. Also, because


The Petrobras Research Center is also being Janeiro facilities, CENPES has five experimental
readied for the challenges of the coming years. clusters located at the company’s operational sites
The physical space is being doubled, with an to conduct tests on a semi-industrial scale, which
architectural project that is considered a reference make possible a greater integration of research
in eco-efficiency and offers collaborative spaces and industrial activities (see figure below).
that encourage innovation. Besides its Rio de

Petrobras’ R&D centers and their research focuses

BIOLUBRICANTS
Fortaleza (CE)

BIOFUELS
Guamaré (RN)

GUARANTEE OF FLOW
AND PROCESSING
Aracaju (SE)

WELL TECHNOLOGY
Taquipe (BA)

CENPES
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

REFINING
São Mateus do Sul (PR)

International recognition
Ever since its initial success in exploration and production in the deep waters of the Campos
Basin, Petrobras has accrued international recognition for its technology development. The
current technology strategy, with the increase in investments in C&T institutions and the growing
technological cooperation with partners, has made this recognition even greater. Not by chance,
the company was considered the fifth most admired operator in the oil industry, and was ranked
first for innovation, according to the ranking by Fortune magazine in March of this year. This
recognition is based on the opinions of high ranking executives from all around the world and of
financial analysts called on to establish the ranking, published every year.
Meanwhile, in April, the magazine Bloomberg Businessweek, in partnership with the Boston
Consulting Group, designated Petrobras as the 41st most innovative companies in its “The
World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” ranking. This made Petrobras the only company in the
Southern Hemisphere, as well as the only oil and gas company, to enter this list, based upon a
survey of high executives and the financial results.



The Technological Park at the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)


Operational
Juarez Cavalcanti / Petrobras Image Bank

safety

Contingency Management strengthens
prevention efforts and ensures quick
responses in the event of accidents.


PETROBRAS IS DEDICATED TO SECURING THE America, and Oil Spill Response (OSR) in the
safety of its operations on sea and land through case of Africa and the Middle East,” says sector
an integrated approach that seeks synergies manager for Petrobras Contingencies, Marcio José
between its units in operation and work sites, in de Macedo Dertoni.
collaboration with government agencies, suppliers, At the EDCs alone, where close to 300 techni-
other energy firms, and the communities close to cians are employed, Petrobras has more than 200
its facilities. The company is also participating in km of contention barriers, 100 km of absorbent
the elaboration of Brazil’s National Contingency barriers, 85 km of absorbent covers, 200,000 liters
Plan, which will be instituted later this year by of dispersant, 40,000 kg of biological remediators,
presidential order. 350 inflatable tanks, and 222 portable oil collec-
Internally, every Petrobras business unit, tion devices, as well as 130 support vessels and 30
whether it is a refinery, a cargo terminal, or a large vessels, among other resources.
network of offshore facilities and assets in the
Campos Basin, for example, has an Emergency CAPACITY TO RESPOND
Response Plan. This plan defines the course of Petrobras put into action in 2006 its Strategic
action in the case of any possible incident or Project for Excellence in HSE, which has an
accident, and stipulates the required resources interface with the three plans. The guidelines of
and the respective quantity that each unit should the project are integrated HSE management; eco-
have for local action. efficiency in products and operations; prevention
On a broader scope, Petrobras has its Regional of accidents, incidents, and irregularities;
Contingency Plan, which divides Brazil into six employee health; readiness to respond to
separate regions – the Amazon area; Pernambuco emergency situations and minimization of risks
and Maranhão; Bahia, Sergipe, and Alagoas; Rio to assets. In this project, a series of actions
de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais; São have been foreseen to strengthen the company’s
Paulo and the Center West; Paraná, Santa Catarina, capacity to respond to oil spills of any size.
and Rio Grande do Sul – and calls for the sharing The first such action was the adoption of
of resources among these units. To support the the Incident Command System (ICS), a system
actions of this plan, there are ten Environmental developed in the U.S. for managing incidents that
Defense Centers (EDCs) located throughout seeks to respond in an integrated and sustainable
Brazil, which contain trained personnel on alert way, without impediments of political or customs
24 hours per day, ready to mobilize in case of an jurisdiction, for any kind of accident. The system
oil spill. The EDC for São Paulo, because of its standardizes terminology, communication and
location near the Guarulhos International Airport, procedures, integrating planning, logistics,
the largest in Brazil, also provides support for operations, finances, safety, and information.
Petrobras units located outside the country. The The sharing of material and human resources
EDCs’ Forward Bases, often located in remote among different agencies and companies should
and inhospitable areas of the country, reinforce be internally incorporated by each member of
Petrobras’ safety strategy. a pair and be done quickly. After all, in case of
In the event that regional resources are not a major accident, it is highly unlikely that any
enough, Petrobras relies upon its Corporate company would have all the resources needed
Contingency Plan, which has mapped out the at hand, in the quantities necessary, and at the
entire network of relationships with other energy precise location of the occurrence, without having
companies, equipment manufacturers, a roster of to move them from another location.
volunteers trained to act in case of emergencies, The system deals with the internalization of
and government and non-government agencies. resources on an exceptional basis so that, if needed,
“The goal is to mobilize each member of this no delays will be encountered in getting imported
network in a swift and efficient manner. Contracts equipment through customs or in obtaining visas
or national and international agreements provide for specialists brought in from other countries to
added strength to the plan and make it possible, help with the contingency response.
for example, to mobilize companies such as The amount of resources at all the Petrobras
Clean Caribbean & Americas (CCA) in case of EDCs has been redimensioned, keeping in
occurrences in the United States and in Latin mind the company’s international presence,


the planned creation of new units, and the maintained through the Petrobras research and
possible incorporation of others. For this reason, development center (CENPES)and through
new equipment will be acquired. As technical its partnerships with universities and R&D
consultant for the Petrobras Health, Safety and institutions all around the world.
the Environment area, Marcus Vinícius Lisboa Finally, Petrobras works in close conjunction
Brandão, points out, “today, Petrobras alone has with the Brazilian government so that, in the
more material and human resources available event of an emergency, the company already has
than all the other international companies which the authorization for exceptional measures that
operate in response to oil spills, with the exception must be taken quickly, so that the resulting impact
of MSRC, because it works in association with 50 is as small as possible. All these initiatives are in
smaller companies.” line with the National Contingency Plan, which
The capacity of Petrobras to respond to is currently being finalized in Brazil. Petrobras
accidents and the coordinated mobilization of all participates in discussions about the plan through
the agencies involved to act as a network, which the Brazilian Petroleum Institute.
are already periodically evaluated, have also Petrobras also participates in the discussions
started to undergo tests in simulated exercises, to to create the National Plan for Prevention,
better ensure rapid and efficient responses in real Preparation, and Rapid Response to Environmental
contingencies. Emergencies with Hazardous Materials, which,
New technologies are being sought to create among other measures, seeks to better regulate
better models for oil spills, in other words, the use of oil dispersants in situ. This alternative
to define their source, trajectory, and ultimate is often discarded in Brazil due to the lack of clear
destination with greater precision, helping regulations about their use.
to improve response. The constant exchange As is evident from these actions, Petrobras is
of information with other energy companies ready to act in the event of incidents and large
throughout the world has contributed to the scale accidents, and it is well-informed about the
updating of all the companies. Petrobras’ vanguard of technology in the world so that it can
commitment to innovation and cutting-edge acquire and/or develop what is technologically
The training of technology for accident prevention is constant, best. The company is also able to operate in a
accident containment
in Amazonia


Thelma Vidales / Petrobras Image Bank

The Ilha d’Água Terminal (RJ)

Petrobras is participating in the elaboration of Brazil’s National
Contingency Plan, to be instituted later this year
One of Petrobras’ ten Environmental
Petrobras Image Bank Defense Centers
network with governmental agencies, suppliers of
goods and services, and other energy companies
around the world through partnerships and
international agreements. This level of preparation
enables safe oil and gas operations, in a business
which is known to have inherent risks and where
there can never be too much precaution.
In addition, Petrobras makes use of an important
strategy. “The company operates intensively to
reduce risks; to control irregularities; to diminish
the number of accidents; to develop faster, more
efficient responses; and to operate in a network
with synergy. It stands out in the global energy
industry, principally in the areas of prevention
and response capacity. It is for this reason that we
count on effective management, which we have
today and which we are constantly improving,”
says Petrobras Contingency Manager in the HSE
area, Jayme de Seta Filho.


André Valentim / Petrobras Image Bank

Integrating
to develop

Petrobras is implementing a new work philosophy
to integrate its operations.



Center for Decision-Making
Support for the activity
of well construction

WITH THE GROWTH OF PETROBRAS’ ACTIVITIES ALL the goal of increasing operational safety and
around the world, in addition to the increasing efficiency while reducing costs. With its emphasis
complexity of its operations in recent years, the on personnel, the company hopes to foster a more
company is now preparing for an even greater collaborative work environment, which eliminates
step forward in the way it works and manages its interfaces and barriers. In relation to processes, the
operations. It is a change which has been proposed company believes it will be necessary to redefine
to integrate a set of tools and management and to simplify them. To the extent possible, it also
systems created, in large part, over the past ten seeks to integrate disciplines and to plan on shore,
years. To attain this goal, the company has begun given that most of its activities are offshore, as well
to implement a new labor and management to give priority to preventative maintenance. In
philosophy: Integrated Operations Management – relation to technology, GIOp will favor increasingly
known by its Portuguese acronym, GIOp. intelligent and innovative solutions, with a
All the good practices and lessons learned preference for existing technologies. It foresees as
on the company’s long road to becoming a well the adoption of technologies developed by its
world reference in deepwater oil exploration partners, both in the oil and gas industry and at
and production in recent decades contributed the universities.
to enabling its exploration and production area To reach these objectives, the exploration and
to face the enormous challenges defined in the production area will rely upon the participation
ambitious Strategic Plan 2020. The development of important technological partners. Among
of massive accumulations of hydrocarbons these are the company’s own research center
discovered in the pre-salt layer of the Santos (CENPES) and domestic and foreign universities,
Basin is a good example of the challenges and such as the Norwegian University of Technology
opportunities the company will face in the future. (NTNU). Besides these institutions, the company
At the same time, the strategic plan calls for the will benefit from the intellectual support of
total oil and gas production to surpass 5 million Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA),
barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day by 2020. an independent consultancy based in the United
These are bold objectives, which will require States that performs project implementation
innovative forms of management and work. analysis for large companies.
The basic concept of this new philosophy The company’s operational units have already
is the integration of operations, with a focus begun to implement this new work philosophy.
on personnel, processes, and technology, with One of the initial priorities in the implementation


The Integrated Operations Management aims at increasing
operational safety, efficiency, and cost reduction.

schedule was to meet the new challenges of Another goal is to make information available
developing the pre-salt pole in the Santos Basin. in real time about every step of the process of the
In the first collaborative effort, CERA has already supply and transport of materials to the several
evaluated as excellent the conceptual project of exploration and production areas. With this in
the GIOp pilot for the Santos Basin Operations place, the operational area of the company will be
Unit. The other operational units are also already able to plan, control, and adjust the operational
working on the conceptual phase. processes in order to prioritize its response to
logistical demands.
PRINCIPAL AREAS TO BE AFFECTED More than a simple work tool, GIOp is a
GIOp will promote the integration of information cultural change that will extend transversally
within the company’s oil exploration area, creating throughout the entire value chain in the
a collaborative environment which will include company’s exploration and production activities,
the activities of geology, geophysics, exploratory preparing it to meet the challenges of its vision to
drilling, laboratories, project management, and become one of the world’s five largest integrated
HSE. The expected benefits of this new way energy companies.
of working will be the better following of the A 3-D seismic
exploration processes, the rationalization of Bruno Veiga / Petrobras Image Bank
visualization room

activities, and the reduction of operational costs
and investments.
Within the area of production, the objective is
to integrate the oil production processes and the
interfaces with the management in other areas, in
order to increase operational safety and efficiency,
with an eye toward increasing the recovery
factor (volume of oil extracted from reservoirs)
and reducing the overall cost of operations and
investments.
Another area that should benefit is well
construction, with the goal of minimizing
construction time. For this reason, among
others, the Support and Decision Centers will
be modernized, permitting remote monitoring,
modeling, and the control of processes in
real time for the drilling operations and well
intervention.
In the area of installation and subsea oil
production system maintenance, there will be an
emphasis on fine tuning the existing Integrated
Control Center, as well as the programming and
monitoring of subsea engineering operations, with
an emphasis on activities using support vessels.
These changes are proposed to optimize the
ability to respond to demands of the company’s
varied production assets.



GIOp creates a collaborative,
multidisciplinary environment


Lessons learned
GIOp should, over the next few years, integrate the tools and management systems already developed
by the company over decades of oil exploration and production activity in Brazil. There are virtual
reality rooms, centers which control the E&P operations, equipment which monitors platforms via
remote, among other technologies. It will now be up to GIOp to coordinate all of these in a way to best
attain an integrated view of the area’s entire production process. Among the tools and systems developed
by the company in recent years, and which will now be integrated, are:

• Monitoring and Process Control – The trajectory of Petrobras toward automation began in
the 1980s, when the company introduced the first systems for Monitoring and Control of Process
Variables. The lessons learned from this experience culminated in 1996 with the installation of the
first automated platform, in the Ubarana field, in Rio Grande do Norte. In the Campos Basin, this
process continued with the installation, in 1998, of an integrated subsea cable for electricity and
telecommunications at the Northeast Pole, and a fiber optic ring with a perimeter of 490 km. This
was the backbone for other network access points that currently link 83 of the company’s different
production units. In 2000, the company built technology to allow secure access in real time to the
integrated operational information on the platforms. From this was born Plant Information, which
would later be disseminated by the company.

• High Performance Data Processing – From that point forward, many other tools and management
systems emerged. In 2001, the Rio Grande do Norte Operations Unit (UO-RNCE) received the
company’s first 3D visualization room. With the goal of providing support to the oil reservoir modeling
studies, other such rooms were inaugurated at the other E&P operating units.

• Integrated field monitoring – With the increasing interrelationship among the various disciplines
in the E&P processes, and the need to make decisions in an integrated way, starting in 2006, Petrobras
began to install six pilot projects for Integrated Digital Management, the so-called GEDIG. This initiative
made it possible to evaluate different technologies and to improve monitoring and control of day-to-
day production operations, with an integrated understanding of the fields. The following year, the
Operational Control Center (CCO) was installed at the Campos Basin Operations Unit (UO-BC), with
the goal of facilitating the decisions for controlling production in the entire basin. By 2008, rooms began
to be installed in the Campos Basin headquarters to allow remote control monitoring of the offshore
operations, the so-called SCR. These rooms guarantee greater integration with the Integrated Digital
Management Centers and the Platform Control Rooms, facilitating decision-making and the immediate
involvement of specialists on shore.

• Well Construction – In 2006, Decision Support Centers (CSD) were created to allow remote
monitoring, modeling and process control in real time for drilling operations, and well intervention.
This new approach increased the safety and efficiency of these operations, as well as reducing the time,
risks, and costs involved in these activities.

• Installation Integrity – Also in 2006, a pilot project for Maintenance Based on Condition began to
be installed at the UO-BC, which consists of systematic monitoring, in real time, of the variables and
parameters which indicate the performance of turbines, generators, compressors, and pumps. Two years
later, an integrated center for monitoring these systems, called CIB-TBM, was installed. These projects
seek to determine the need to intervene in critical equipment, permitting the realization of preventative
actions and contributing to a longer service life.


On the way
to the top


SPECIAL FEATURE – BUSINESS PLAN

Geraldo Falcão / Petrobras Bank Image

The Business Plan 2010-2014
prepares Petrobras to become one of
the world’s five largest oil majors.


SPECIAL FEATURE – BUSINESS PLAN

PETROBRAS’ TOTAL PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS, The exploration segment of the company will
including oilfields in Brazil and abroad, should continue to draw the largest share of the planned
increase from an average of 2.7 million barrels expenditures. This amount is forecast at $118.8
of oil equivalent (boe) per day this year, to 3.9 billion from 2010 to 2014, encompassing the
million in 2014, and to 5.3 million in 2020. These projects in Brazil as well as in the other countries
projections come from the company’s Strategic where Petrobras conducts its business. This level of
Plan 2020, which establishes a rate of growth investment corresponds to 53% of the total amount
of 9.4% per year for oil production between set aside to be invested in the entire company.
2010 and 2014, and of 7.1% per year between Investments outside Brazil in the coming years
2010 and 2020. The company’s strategy is to will amount to 5% of the total planned by the
reach 2020 as one of the five largest petroleum company. These investments will be directed,
producers in the world. basically, toward projects involved in the
The company’s total investments in the next development of production in the Gulf of Mexico,
five years, including all its areas of business, along the west coast of Africa, and in the other
will reach $224 billion, of which $212.3 billion countries of Latin America where Petrobras does
(95%) will be spent in Brazil and $11.7 billion business. The exploration activities outside Brazil
will be directed abroad. This level of investment will focus on the Atlantic Ocean. The company
will guarantee, among other applications, the does not foresee expansion within the refining
completion of 686 projects. Of the total amount segment in the other countries where it operates.
to be invested, $31.6 billion will correspond to As a result of the rapid growth planned
greenfield projects. “No other large company has for production, investments in the refining,
such a rapid growth program for the production transportation, and sales segment, linked to the
of oil and gas,” announced the president of the Supply area, will represent the proportionately
company, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, upon highest increase, in percentage terms, compared
presenting the Petrobras Business Plan for the to the previous Business Plan. This amount will
next five years. reach $73.6 billion over the period, or 69.5%

Petrobras’ strategy is to become one of the
world’s largest oil majors by 2020
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