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Make Your

Brazilian

Best Deals uptick

A number of key contracts were awarded in 1H 2016 in Brazil, pointing to a recovery of the local oil and gas sector.

t the time of writing, the win- The FPSO (right) while docked at Polvo

Tradequip has the industry’s best

Keppel FELS shipyard. Photo from Keppel.

ning bidder for the charter con- selection of oil and gas equipment,

A tract of the Libra (pilot project)

Operations and maintenance and Sépia ? oating production, storage products, and services. So whether and of? oading (FPSO) units had yet to be In early January, Wood Group PSN was you’re buying or selling, we’ll help announced. awarded a two-year contract by PetroRio, you make your best deals.

In July, Petrobras received proposals a local oil company, to provide operation from SBM Offshore, Modec, BW Offshore and maintenance services for the Polvo A and the Bluewater and Queiroz Galvão ? xed platform at ? eld of the same name

ONLINE - PRINT - MOBILE consortium, but it was later revealed that in the Campos Basin. In addition to this only Modec quali? ed for the two con- platform, the ? eld also features the FPSO tracts. Local industry sources speculate Polvo, owned by BW Offshore. The FPSO that a re-bid is likely to take place. specialist obtained a two-year extension

In late June, Wood Group was awarded of its lease and operation contract with a “multi-million dollar” contract to pro- PetroRio in December 2015.

vide detailed engineering and procure-

Market perspectives ment services to Statoil for the develop- ment of the WHP-C wellhead platform. The acquisition of a 66% operated inter-

The work will be performed for US-based est in the Carcará pre-salt ? eld by Statoil

Kiewit Offshore Services, which will announced in July was welcomed by build the platform’s deck. WHP-C will the local supply chain, which also met be the third wellhead platform at the with great enthusiasm plans by Karoon

Peregrino heavy ? eld in the Campos to install an FPSO in the Santos basin basin and its construction is part of the by 2019. Meanwhile, the release of ® ? eld’s second development phase. Petrobras’ 2016-2020 business plan, due in October, is highly anticipated.

Subsea

International

In April, Aker Solutions was awarded A graduate in a three-year US$134 million contract International

Since 1978Si1978 by Petrobras covering the maintenance, Relations, 800-251-6776 storage, parts supply and technical assis- Pietro Ferreira www.tradequip.com tance for all the equipment delivered to works as a Regional the oil company in Brazil. Aker’s subsea Analyst at the Energy services unit in Rio das Ostras will be Industries Council responsible for the contract, which will (EIC) regional of? ce meet an 87% local content requirement. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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