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Brazil Focus

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Aerial photo of the new fabrication site

Offshore Brazil challenges required, the necessity for a local a new fabrication yard.

Saipem is constructing a skilled workforce, and the need for The latter is currently under new fabrication yard in Brazil infrastructure. Saipem is facing this construction in Guarujá (state of close to the Santos basin. challenge by further expanding its São Paulo) and located nearby the

Pier Alberto Viecelli and presence in the country. pre-salt Santos basin. It will cover

This includes the wide utilization 350,000sq m for an overall annual Andrea Intieri of Saipem of top-of-the-class pipelaying and capacity of 30,000 tons. It will repre- share the details and scope offshore construction vessels, the sent a strategic facility for the four- of the investment.

development of a strong engineering ishing Brazilian oil & gas market.

and project execution center in Rio The facility, Portuguese Centro de

As the global offshore oil & gas de Janeiro, and a major investment in Tecnologia e Construção Offshore industry makes giant steps towards (CTCO), is designed to serve pipe- ultra-deep waters, an important line, and subsea umbilical riser and contribution arrived through last fowline (SURF) projects, and will decade’s tremendous discoveries also support the overall deep-water by Petrobras in the pre-salt Santos industry. basin. Overall, the Brazilian giant is The CTCO is already supporting planning to invest around $240 bil- important offshore projects for Petro- lion over the next fve to 10 years. bras, Rota Cabiúnas Gas Export Pipe-

As a result, this market is one of line, Sapinhoá Norte and Cernambi the most challenging from three Sul Riser System, and represents a

The CTCO yard is 300km from Santos basin points of view: the high-technology big opportunity to develop the local

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