Baker Hughes, Petrobras Sign Full-Scale Completions Contract for Brazilian Offshore Fields

Under a multi-year contract, Baker Hughes will install integrated completions systems across Petrobras’ numerous Brazilian deepwater fields to optimize production. In addition to intelligent completions technologies, the company will deliver traditional upper and lower completions systems, remote operations capabilities, and multizone control to reduce water and gas breakthroughs and expensive interventions.

These technologies are specifically engineered to fulfill the requirements of Petrobras’ offshore developments. Delivery is scheduled to begin in late 2025.

“Deepwater, high-pressure wells require a high level of reliability, and our completion technologies have proven themselves in these harsh environments,” said Amerino Gatti, Executive Vice President, Oilfield Services & Equipment at Baker Hughes. “Through continual improvement and testing, and in close collaboration with Petrobras, the Baker Hughes team has pioneered new ways to help develop Brazil’s natural resources safely and efficiently for decades to come.”

SureTREAT chemical injection valve; image credit: Baker Hughes

Contract Details

Petrobras will use the SureCONTROL Premium interval control valve to enhance operational reliability in its high-flowrate offshore fields, which allows operators to remotely address changing well conditions in real time across multiple zones. In addition, Petrobras will deploy Baker Hughes’ gas lift system, screens, gravel pack system, and Premier packers, as well as:

• SureSENS QPT ELITE downhole gauges
• SureSENS B-Annulus monitoring system
• SureTREAT chemical injection system
• Sur-Set flow control system
• Orbit Premium barrier valves
• REACH and DeepShield subsurface safety valves

Recently, Baker Hughes and Petrobras also established a collaborative technology program to develop and test next-generation flexible pipe systems to address stress corrosion cracking due to CO₂ (SCC-CO₂). The pre-commercial agreement will be executed at Baker Hughes’ Energy Technology Innovation Center and local flexible pipe systems manufacturing plant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The partnership also includes a purchase option for the new next-generation flexible pipes, which will have a 30-year extended service life when operating in high-CO₂ environments. Baker Hughes’ flexible pipe systems and advanced monitoring technologies have already shown a reduced impact of SCC-CO₂ in the field, and the company will continue to provide these solutions for Petrobras to utilize in Brazil’s offshore oil and gas fields.

More Baker Hughes News

Last week, Baker Hughes agreed to provide TURBINE-X Energy with its NovaLT gas turbine technology and auxiliary equipment, such as gears and power generators, to power numerous data center projects in North America. TURBINE-X Energy, a Baker Hughes-licensed packager, will supply these industrial gas turbine packages in a combined-cycle configuration, helping U.S. data center project developers and power producers meet the growing energy demand.

The NovaLT gas turbine will provide data center customers with the flexibility to adapt and meet their specific, reliable, and sustainable power requirements. It can start-up quickly and burn multiple fuels, such as natural gas, hydrogen-natural gas blends, and 100% hydrogen. In addition to powering hyper-scaled data centers with turbine technology, Baker Hughes can use geothermal, cogeneration, and the Net Power platform to meet increasing electricity demand.

And in January 2025, Baker Hughes launched a downhole fiber-optic wet-mate system called SureCONNECT FE. It provides real-time, optimized reservoir performance in high-pressure, high-temperature environments.