A review of CO2-injection projects in the Brazilian Pre-Salt—Storage capacity and geomechanical constraints

JPP Nunes, GS Seabra, LC de Sousa Jr - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review describes the main geological and geomechanical aspects of CO 2-injection
projects in the Brazilian Pre-Salt reservoirs, focusing on the storage potential and …

Challenges in implementing an EOR project in the pre-salt province in deep offshore Brasil

JO de Sant´ Anna Pizarro, CC Branco - … at Oil and Gas West Asia, 2012 - onepetro.org
Carbonate reservoirs contain expressive part of the world oil reserves. The exploitation of
these resources, however, presents several challenges mainly associated with their …

[HTML][HTML] Improved saline corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement resistances of superaustenitic stainless steel by PIII nitriding

BCES Kurelo, GB de Souza, FC Serbena… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
PIII nitriding was applied to superaustenitic steel to improve wear resistance without
compromising pitting and hydrogen embrittlement corrosion resistance. Nitriding at …

Brazilian pre-salt: An impressive journey from plans and challenges to concrete results

CT da Costa Fraga, AC Capeleiro Pinto… - Offshore Technology …, 2015 - onepetro.org
In the early 2000s the context of the pre-salt formations was conceptual geological models of
possible oil bearing reservoirs underneath a thick salt layer, many technical challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical characterization of natural gases in the pre-salt section of the Santos Basin (Brazil) focused on hydrocarbons and volatile organic sulfur …

IVAF Souza, GS Ellis, AA Ferreira, JVP Guzzo… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to characterize the geochemistry of a suite of natural gas
samples from five fields in order to improve the understanding of the lacustrine petroleum …

Wettability alteration by carbonated brine injection and its impact on pore-scale multiphase flow for carbon capture and storage and enhanced oil recovery in a …

S Drexler, F Hoerlle, W Godoy, A Boyd, P Couto - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbon capture and storage is key for sustainable economic growth. CO2-enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) methods are efficient practices to reduce emissions while increasing oil …

Experimental study of the effect of carbonated brine on wettability and oil displacement for EOR application in the Brazilian Pre-Salt reservoirs

S Drexler, TMG Silveira, G De Belli… - Energy sources, Part A …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Brazilian Pre-Salt carbonate reservoirs are natural candidates for Enhanced Oil
Recovery combined with Carbon Capture and Storage due to their high CO2 production …

Development of the Brazilian Pre-Salt Fields–when to pay for information and when to pay for flexibility

B Moczydlower, MC Salomão, CC Branco… - SPE Latin America …, 2012 - onepetro.org
Abstract The Santos Basin Pre-Salt Cluster (SBPSC), Offshore Southeast Brazil, is a unique
scenario, posing great development challenges. The microbial carbonate reservoir is …

Offshore production units for pre-salt projects

AMT de Andrade, CEM Vaz, J Ribeiro… - Offshore Technology …, 2015 - onepetro.org
Petrobras and partners have been developing Brazilian Santos Basin Pre-Salt ultra-
deepwater areas through the use of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units …

Storage of carbon dioxide in geological reservoirs: is it a cleaner technology?

G Câmara, C Andrade, AS Júnior, P Rocha - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013 - Elsevier
Increased anthropogenic emissions and accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the
atmosphere have led to climate change, which has become a major global environmental …