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??working in cooperation with institutions such as the ANP (Na- tional Petroleum Regulator), universities such as the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and service companies like FMC Technologies, Subsea 7 and DeepOcean, Petrobras has found solutions to many problems and challenges in sub- sea development that might have taken much longer to realize if the company were to go at it alone. Some of the problems and challenges are directly related to the harsh environment where the constructions are under- taken, speciÞ c challenges are strong deepwater currents, ir- We could not have advanced in this project (pre-salt) conventionally, devel- oping the production individually. We needed a global vision of the project.José Formigli Executive Director of E&P, Petrobras (Photo: Petrobras) www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 35MTR #9 (34-49).indd 35MTR #9 (34-49).indd 3512/13/2013 9:31:53 AM12/13/2013 9:31:53 AM