Petrobras received the PA-38 jack-up rig for Guaricema field shallow water well decommissioning about 9 km from the coast of Brazil.
The rig arrived Apr. 13.
Expected operations are part of Petrobras' estimated $1.7-billion infrastructure decommissioning program in Sergipe basin as part of the company's overall 2025-29 strategic and business plan.
The rig will carry out intervention activities for deactivation and plugging. The initial campaign will last about 7 months, with subsequent movement to other wells.
Petrobras is expected to decommission 26 production units in Sergipe.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
