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SPE Workshop: Subsea Well Intervention and Wells Integrity
4–6 March 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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SPE Workshop: Subsea Well Intervention and Wells Integrity
4–6 March 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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0700
  1. Wayana Foyer
    60 mins
0800
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    5 mins
0805
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    55 mins

    Panel Objectives:
    - Inspire Workshop Participants: Stimulate creativity and engage attendees by presenting innovative concepts and transformative perspectives on subsea well interventions and well integrity maintenance.
    - Share Executive Insights: Create a space for the exchange of strategic experiences and guidelines, fostering enriching dialogue among industry leaders about best practices and effective approaches in subsea interventions.
    - Highlight Challenges and Opportunities: Analyze the key challenges and constraints faced in well integrity, while exploring emerging opportunities and future trends, including the role of monitoring and intelligent maintenance technologies in optimizing subsea operations.

    This approach aims not only to inform but also to inspire collaborative actions towards innovative and sustainable solutions in the industry.

    Panelists:

    • Marcos Coraldini Tolfo, Well Engineering General Manager, Petrobras
    • Jakup Oreegard, VP DW Brazil, Equinor
    • Enrique Barrios, Wells General Manager - Brazil, Shell

     

    Moderator: Caio Cisneros, Petrobras

0900
  1. Wayana Foyer
    15 mins
0915
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    90 mins

    In Latin America evolving offshore environment, regulatory compliance is more than a requirement—it’s a strategic driver for operational success. This session brings together regulators, operators, and industry experts to examine the current well integrity framework, discuss its influence on intervention planning, and explore innovative approaches to meeting regulatory expectations. Participants will gain insights into navigating complex regulatory landscapes while anticipating the future direction of subsea well integrity requirements.

    Session Chairpersons: Daniela Goñi, Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis - ANP; Constantino Nino, CNOOC Brasil

    Speakers:

    • Well Integrity: Frequently Asked Questions and Regulatory Based Answers
       Rachel Lopes, AAPG Young Professionals
    • Well Integrity Regulation: A Regulatory Perspective
       Rafael Augusto do Couto Albuquerque, Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis - ANP
    • Innovation and Technology Incorporation: Regulatory Challenges for Well Integrity
       Camilo Iglesias, Halliburton
1045
  1. Wayana Foyer
    15 mins
1100
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    90 mins

    Integrating Risk Assessment methodologies into Well Integrity Management Systems to ensure continuous regulatory compliance and enhance decision-making through advanced techniques such as Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA). 

    Session Chairpersons: Mayra Aquino, GMVi; João Baima, Shell, Alessandro Zanetti, Petrobras

    Speakers:

    • How QRA Can Support Well Integrity Decisions?
       Danilo Colombo, Petrobras
    • Booklet of Best Practices for Well Integrity Risk Assessment
       Jorge Siqueira, EnvironPact
    • Using Bowtie to Assess Well Integrity Risk
       Marcus Bilro, Shell
1230
  1. 90 mins
1400
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    90 mins

    This session will explore the application of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) methodologies to subsea well interventions, highlighting their role in decision-making, regulatory compliance, and operational safety. Discussions will cover how QRA can be used to evaluate well integrity risks, compare alternative intervention strategies, and prioritise resources in complex offshore environments. Case studies will highlight practical applications.

    Session Chairpersons: Naisa Arturo, Shell; Danilo Colombo, Petrobras

    Speakers:

    • Blowout Risk Analyzer for Interventions (ARBI): An Elegant Solution to Support Decision-Making in Workover Operations
       Isamu Ikeda, Petrobras
    • Quantitative Risk Assessment as a Decision-Making Tool for Subsea Well Integrity and Intervention - A BW Energy Case Study
       Igor Kirsten, BW Energy
    • Optimizing Well Interventions At Well End Of Life – A Quantitative Risk Based Approach
       Pedro Lucchetti, DNV
1530
  1. Wayana Foyer
    30 mins
1600
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    90 mins

    Address challenges related to tubing leakage, cement bonding and casing structural integrity diagnostics by using Through-Tubing tools. This session will navigate through identified gaps in the current state-of-art-technologies and explore future technologies needed for oil and gas industry.

    Session Chairpersons: Winston Gama, Petrobras; Ygor Jesus, Equinor

    Speakers:

    • Optimizing Subsea Well Integrity: Through Tubing Cement Evaluation for Effective Planning
       Jean Marins, Equinor
    • From Uncertainty to Action: Advanced Throught-tubing Well Integrity  Diagnostics for Tubing Leaks, Cement Integrity & Casing Condition
       Kendry Fernandez,  Nicholas Fundytus, Archer
    • Innovative Through-Tubing Solutions for Cementing and Corrosion Diagnostics to Assess Well Integrity
       João Fiorotti, Shell
1730
  1. 90 mins
0730
  1. Wayana Foyer
    30 mins
0800
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    75 mins

    In the oil and gas industry, challenges related to well integrity in completion strings often lead to the consideration of costly heavy workovers. This session will explore innovative through-tubing intervention solutions that can effectively address well integrity issues, offering efficient alternatives to traditional workover methods.

    Session chairs: Ygor Jesus, Equinor, Leonardo Pacheco da Silva, Petrobras

    Speakers:

    • How Expandable Straddles Can Restore Casing Integrity and Maintain Subsea Access
       Stephanie Skiles , Expro
    • Proactive Annular Isolation: Bismuth Alloy Thermally Deformable Annular Packers in Modern Well Completion
       Paul Carragher, BiSN
    • Reliable Scale Removal in Sub Surface Safety Valves using High-Pulsed Power
       Robert Harries, Blue Spark Energy
0915
  1. Wayana Foyer
    30 mins
0945
  1. 50 mins

    In the oil and gas industry, challenges related to well integrity in completion strings often lead to the consideration of costly heavy workovers. This session will explore innovative through-tubing intervention solutions that can effectively address well integrity issues, offering efficient alternatives to traditional workover methods.

    Session chairs: Ygor Jesus, Equinor, Leonardo Pacheco da Silva, Petrobras

    Speakers:

    • Simplifying Subsea Well Intervention Delivery with a High Pressure Coiled Hose System
       Sascha Trummer, Expro
    • Sealing the Future of Well Integrity with Resin Engineered Solutions 
       Cecilie Torvund, Wellcem
1035
  1. 25 mins
1100
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    90 mins

    This session presents detailed case studies showcasing complex subsea well intervention projects, emphasizing advanced techniques, problem-solving approaches, and integrity management challenges. Participants will gain valuable knowledge on best practices and innovative solutions that drive successful outcomes in subsea well operations.

    Session Chairpersons: Caio Cisneros, Petrobras; Rafael Bonon, Welltec, Mads Sørensen, Welltec

    Speakers:

    • HWO in Intelligent Completion: Case Studies and Technological Challenges
       Roger Savodi, Petrobras
    • BC-10 Gas Disposal Well P&A: A Complex and Successful Case Study
       Igor Debacker, Shell
    • Lapa Field: Challenging Well Intervention?
       Juan Jose Ferro, Achref Achich, TotalEnergies
1230
  1. 60 mins
1330
  1. 25 mins

    This session presents detailed case studies showcasing complex subsea well intervention projects, emphasizing advanced techniques, problem-solving approaches, and integrity management challenges. Participants will gain valuable knowledge on best practices and innovative solutions that drive successful outcomes in subsea well operations.

    Session Chairpersons: Caio Cisneros, Petrobras; Rafael Bonon, Welltec, Mads Sørensen, Welltec

    Speaker:

    • Subsea Intervention Access Issues Solved by Erosion Technology
       Marco Linde, ANT Applied New Technologies AG
1400
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    60 mins

    Session Chairpersons: Caio Cisneros, Petrobras; Mauro Nunes, Halliburton

    The Late-Life Well Strategy focuses on optimizing the management of aging oil and gas wells through three approaches: Integrity, which emphasizes maintaining the safety and operational reliability of existing wells; Intervention, which involves actively repairing or enhancing well performance; and Decommissioning, which entails safely plugging and abandoning wells that are no longer productive or viable. This strategic framework aims to balance economic efficiency with environmental responsibility as wells age.

    Speakers:

    • Well Assessment Criteria System: A Decision Support Solution for Projects Involving Well-Life extension
       Andre Abrego, Petrobras
    • From Construction to Production: Using Data to Optimize Well Reliability and Availability
       Kjell Corneliussen, Brett Spencer, Peloton
1500
  1. Wayana Foyer
    30 mins
1530
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    120 mins

    This session focuses on remediation strategies for Surface Subsea Safety Valves (SSSV), addressing common failure modes, diagnostic techniques, and intervention best practices. Attendees will learn about innovative technologies and operational approaches to restore SSSV functionality and ensure well safety and reliability.

    Session Chairperson: Winston Gama, Petrobras; Roger Savoldi Roman, Petrobras

    Speakers:

    • SCSSV in Injection Wells: Challenges, Failure Modes, and Technical Solutions
       Alexandre Meneses, Marco Antonio Silva, Petrobras
    • Managing DHSV Failures: Remediation Strategies and Innovative Technology Solutions
       Marco Fernandes, Shell
    • Re‑Establishing Downhole Safety with Long‑Life Wireless SCSSVS: Learnings from Pulse Eight Secure Applications
       David Eze, TAQA
    • Integrated Intervention Solutions for Sustained Well Integrity: Field Validation
       Gustavo Dias, Tejas
0730
  1. 30 mins
0800
  1. Wayana Ballroom
    90 mins

    In this session participants will explore the different modes for delivering light well interventions (LWI) on subsea wells, as an alternative to conventional drilling rigs. The session will discuss the benefits and disadvantages of each mode (riserbased, riserless, semi-sub, monohull etc), understand how new technologies are expanding the well stock that can be efficiently addressed with LWI and review some interesting case studies from recent LWI projects globally.

    Session Chairpersons: Brian Skeels, TechnipFMC; Sam Perryman, Helix

    Speakers:

    • Achieving Best in Basin Thru-Tubing Abandonment Performance Using Fit for Purpose Cat-B intervention Vessel
       Max Oyola, Shell
    • Light Well Intervention; Choosing the Right Methodology for the Job
       Bjarne Neumann, TechnipFMC
    • Breaking the Rig Dependency: ROBIN and the Future of Subsea Light Intervention
       Andrew Muller, Phillip Rice, SLB
0930
  1. Wayana Foyer
    30 mins
1000
  1. 30 mins

    Speaker: Brian Skeels, Senior Technical Advisor and Technology Fellow, TechnipFMC       

     

    Brian Skeels, TechnipFMC

                                                                                                                                                        

    In the subsea oil and gas industry, API has a suite of subsea specifications, standards and recommended practices that provide performance requirements and best practices.

    One unique aspect to this suite of standards is the inclusion of specialized intervention tools that has grown from drilling vessel completion workover risers, to several sophisticated light well intervention systems. Shadowing well intervention’s technical development, the API suite of 17G standards have morphed from a single recommended practice of 30 years ago, to a suite of seven standards and recommended practices.

    This presentation will highlight some of the evolutionary changes coming with the advent of the fourth edition of standard 17G and its supporting group of recommended practices.

     

     

     

1030
  1. Wayana Foyer
    60 mins

    In wells that have experienced excessive wear on the well structure and casing, there is significant uncertainty that current numerical methods can address. It is not always technically and economically feasible to remove a production string solely to assess the remaining thickness of the production casing or to hire a rig that has less impact on the wellhead system. This section describes techniques and alternatives to provide information and enable the extension of the well's life through a workover.

    Session Chairperson: Brian Skeels, TechnipFMC; Rafael Bonon, Welltec, Mads Sørensen, Welltec

    Speakers:

    • Well Integrity, Path to Overcome Current Challenges
       Emerson Rodrigues, Hebert Heidenreich , SLB
    • Reactive Flex Joint to Reduce Workover Riser Stress on Weak Structure Subsea Wells During Workovers (with PBR)
       Ranieri Santos, TechnipFMC