SLB inaugurates expansion works on its Drilling Fluids operational base in Porto do Açu

By SLB

November 24, 2023

This is a machine translation of the press release originally published in Portuguese.

SLB, a global technology company, inaugurated, this Thursday (23/11), the expansion of its Drilling Fluids operational base, at Porto do Açu, in São João da Barra (RJ). The plant, which had an initial capacity of 18 thousand barrels, increased to 42.5 thousand barrels, covering the processing of water-based drilling fluids (WBM), brines and synthetic base (SBM).

In addition to the tanks for liquid fluids, SLB also expanded its operational base of dry bulk (solid material in silos): barite powder, bentonite and calcium carbonate, which increased from 5,900 ft3 to 13,900 ft3, equivalent with an approximate storage capacity of 700 tons of barite, a densifier for drilling fluids. The company also has a unit for storing cement powder (silos), with a capacity of 8 thousand ft3.

According to the Drilling Fluids Manager, Luciano Mello Gennuncio, the work, which began last year, and was completed now, in November 2023, will allow SLB to serve multiple clients, mainly those operating close to Porto do Açu , in the pre-salt and post-salt fields of North Fluminense. “With this work, SLB now has the largest operational base for drilling fluids in the region. We are certainly able to provide the service, which is fundamental in the operation of wells, to several clients”, he stated.

All fluids are produced at the base, stored and pumped to customer vessels operating in the offshore segment in the region and surrounding areas.