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Petrobras is the sole operator of the fields that The AGR Well Management and Well Engi-
comprise Parque das Baleias, where the Jubarte, neering team in Australia provide independent
Cachalote, Pirambu, Baleia Anã, Caxaréu, and verification and assurance diligence that plan-
Mangangá fields are located. ning is in accordance with both Karoon’s Well
Petrobras, July 6 2021 Management Process and that of industry’s best
practice, focusing on drilling, subsea workovers
Kongsberg Digital, and completions.
AGR utilises its proprietary iQx™ software
ExxonMobil to explore use of using probabilistic time and cost planning
application P1™ to review well model already
Kognitwin® Energy dynamic conducted by Karoon. AGR client benefits from
quantified risk analysis and can analyse vari-
digital twin SaaS-solution ous risks specific to each operation, providing another floater to augment its world-class assets
Karoon with further insight to and adding value for deployment in deep and ultra-deep waters.
The parties recently signed an agreement which to their already mature plans. Amid the pandemic-induced challenges, we
includes evaluation of Kognitwin® Energy, a AGR’s independence from the project will remain committed to the safe and timely execu-
contextualised digital twin solution containing increase Karoon’s assurance of the quality of the tion of the project.”
dynamic simulation and collaboration capabili- programme and provides valuable insight to In September 2019, EJA delivered the new-
ties. Initial efforts will be focused on a new asset decision making. This will be achieved by draw- build FPSO P-68 to Tupi B.V. which is currently
in ExxonMobil’s Guyana portfolio. ing on the expertise of AGR’s in-house team to deployed at the ultra-deepwater Berbigão and
Kognitwin Energy is Kongsberg Digital’s supplement the Karoon team in providing addi- Sururu fields in Brazil’s Santos Basin.
digital twin Software-as-a-Service platform that tional breadth and depth to the review process. Sembcorp Marine, June 30 2021
enables operators to integrate and contextualise AGR, July 1 2021
data from their IT and OT systems, and enable
advanced process and flow simulation to drive Sembcorp Marine secures PERFORMANCE
higher degrees of asset performance and col-
laboration. Operators apply Kognitwin Energy modification work on Tupi GeoPark issues update
to drive a strategic transformation agenda that
allows their workforce to reimagine how they FPSO P-71 for Itapu field on production and
work, through digital means. In addition to data,
workflows and simulation, Kognitwin Energy Sembcorp Marine, through its wholly owned operations in Colombia
enables an open ecosystem of applications subsidiary, Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA),
through an API-driven integration approach, has secured an Amendment Contract from GeoPark, a leading independent Latin Ameri-
rooted in a principle of open standards and Tupi valued at about $175mn (approximately can oil and gas explorer, operator and consoli-
democratised innovation. SGD230mn) for modification work to be com- dator with operations and growth platforms in
Kongsberg Digital is building on its existing pleted on the Floating Production Storage and Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil and Argen-
experience from working with ExxonMobil, Offloading (FPSO) P-71 oil and gas vessel. tina, has provided a production and operations
where it among other items has deployed real- Originally designed for the Tupi field, the update related to its properties in Colombia.
time dynamic simulation models leveraging its FPSO P-71 will undergo modification and inte- As announced on May 17 and June 1, exten-
key dynamic simulation technologies K-Spice gration at EJA for deployment at the Itapu field. sive protestsand demonstrations across Colom-
Dynamic Process Simulation Platform and EJA’s scope of work includes modification of bia affected overall logistics and supply chains,
LedaFlow Advanced Transient Multiphase Flow existing systems and integration of additional restricting GeoPark’s crude oil transporta-
Simulator. systems to the vessel. tion, drilling and the mobilisation of person-
Hege Skryseth, President of Kongsberg Measuring 316m in length and 54m in nel, equipment and supplies in the Llanos 34
Digital, adds: “Kongsberg Digital is extremely width, the FPSO P-71 is capable of handling (GeoPark operated, 45% WI), CPO-5 (GeoPark
pleased to be building on our existing relation- 150,000 barrels of oil per day and 6mn standard non-operated, 30% WI) and Platanillo (GeoPark
ship with ExxonMobil as users of Kognitwin cubic metres of natural gas in operation. It has a operated, 100% WI) blocks. These events caused
Energy, and we fully embrace the opportunity to storage capacity of 1.6mn barrels of oil and can the Company to manage production curtail-
work together on digital enablement of opera- accommodate 160 people. The vessel is expected ments beginning May 8.
tions in Guyana.” to be delivered in the last quarter of 2022. Overall conditions continued improving dur-
Kongsberg Digital, July 1 2021 Guhan Thangavelu, President of EJA, said: ing June in the Llanos basin with the Llanos 34
“Our EJA Yard, noted to be one of the largest and and CPO-5 blocks increasing production to nor-
AGR provides peer study on most advanced yards in Brazil for offshore prod- mal levels. Remaining blockades restricting the
ucts and solutions, is strategically located on the Company’s operations in the Putumayo basin
Karoon Energy’s upcoming east coast of Brazil to service field developments were lifted last week, thus allowing GeoPark to
in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and West African resume production in the Platanillo block, that
drilling campaign in Brazil sectors. This Project provides an opportunity to was shut in since May 12.
Drilling and field operations are also in full
showcase EJA’s capabilities to undertake large
AGR’s Perth-based team has been engaged by scale and complex engineering projects with activity with four drilling rigs (three of them
Karoon Energy to peer assist Karoon’s upcoming quick design adaptation and superior subsea lay- operated) and two workover rigs in service in the
workover and appraisal drilling campaign in the out. We thank Tupi and its partners for choosing Llanos basin – as well as with facilities expansion
Southern Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Sembcorp Marine and the EJA team to deliver and construction underway.

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