Case Study
Mexilhão gas field in Brazil
Mexilhão gas field in Brazil Mexilhão gas field in Brazil Project description: • A Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro SA) project: Mexilhão gas field in the Santos Basin off the coast of the state of São Paulo Customer challenges: A particularly challenging project... • due to high temperatures (+130°C at the well heads) • due to high water pressure (10,000 psi) ... which require very thick steel tube walls Nexans solutions: • T wo different umbilical designs to connect the fixed platform to the subsea manifold and the manifold to the individual well heads • T otal length of umbilicals: around 59 km • These umbilicals will be used to provide electronic control of systems on the seabed and hydraulic and chemical liquid injection • Manufacturing to be d