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Scheduled shutdown
Planned intervention to ensure safety and restore production capacity, impacting production for a few days.
PEI | Individual Emergency Plan
Company’s planned actions to prevent and mitigate potential oil spills within operational units.
PEVO | Emergency Plan for Oil Spills at Sea
Company’s planned actions to prevent and mitigate potential oil spills at sea.
R, D & I
Research, Development, and Innovation.
PEM (Minimum Exploratory Program)
Work program offered by oil companies for each block bid in ANP auctions, to be fulfilled during the Exploration Phase.
Logging
Method to evaluate the physical and chemical characteristics of geological layers and their fluids using appropriate sensors, with data processed by surface computers.
Petroleum
Any liquid hydrocarbons in their natural state, like crude oil and condensate.
Plataforma auto-elevável
Offshore platform with legs that can be positioned at different depths, elevating above the sea surface.
Semi-submersible platform or rig
Offshore platforms with one or more decks supported by submerged pontoons.
Polvo
Field in the Campos Basin acquired by PRIO in 2016, interconnected with Tubarão Martelo via subsea tieback.
Horizontal well
Well that penetrates reservoirs horizontally, allowing greater reservoir contact and higher flow rates than vertical wells.
Pre-Salt
Petroleum reserves beneath a deep salt layer, often exceeding depths of 7,000 meters, containing high-quality light oil.
Geological success probability (Pg)
Probability of discovering a commercial accumulation of oil and/or natural gas, estimated by multiplying the probabilities of various geological factors.
Prospect
Geological feature identified through studies that justifies exploratory drilling for oil and/or natural gas.
PSV (Platform Supply Vessel)
Supply ship for platforms, transporting equipment, liquids, and bulk solids.