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Training facility aims to lessen local content woes

Maersk Training, a division of Maersk

Group, is set to open a new training facil-

Brazil Focus ity next month, in Barra da Tijuca on Rio de Janeiro’s southwest side. Maersk says its goal is to deliver the necessary train- ing to operate in Brazil as an oil com- pany, rig or vessel owner or operator.

One issue of frequent concern to many companies operating in Brazil is local content requirements. The global oil and

Maersk Training will open a facility gas industry as a whole is struggling to in June to train Brazilian workers. fnd enough properly skilled workers, but in Brazil the problems are exacerbated by lack of experience and language is- sues. garoo-1 exploration well on Block In a follow up to its 2009 discov- March. BP operates BM-C-32 with

S-M-1101 in the Santos Basin. The ery, BP completed fow tests on the 40% equity. Its partners include well intersected the Eocene reservoir Itaipu-1A pre-salt well is located Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (33.3%) section 300m down dip from the in Block BM-C-32 of the Campos and Maersk Energia Ltda (26.7%) trap crest. Karoon estimates that the Basin. The well test achieved fow

Setting up shop entire trap holds a potential gross rates as high as 5600bo/d for 32 hydrocarbon column of approxi- hours through a 40/64in. choke from Several large frms are choosing to mately 350m. a limited perforated interval in late build brand new facilities around

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