Projects - Sapinhoá-Lula NE - Santos Basin Brazil

Scheduled for completion at the end of 2015, the Sapinhoá-Lula NE project is a Subsea Umbilical, Riser and Flowline (SURF) contract awarded by Petrobras, offshore Brazil.
The project saw the deployment of four decoupled riser systems,featuring large submerged buoys supporting 27 steel catenary risers. It is the largest EPIC SURF contract awarded in Brazil to date.
To meet performance and installation requirements various innovative technologies were required. These included the deployment of Buoy Supported Risers (BSRs), a world-first, the installation of corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) mechanically lined BuBi® pipe by reel-lay and the development of a novel tethered tensioned mooring system for the BSRs.
Petrobras was awarded the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award for successfully supporting the development of new technologies such as the Angular Connection Module (ACM), which connects flexible jumpers to preinstalled buoys.