Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PBR, PETR4.BR), and three minority partners in offshore oil development projects, on Thursday announced a $3.5 billion deal with Brazilian engineering company Engevix to build eight production vessels.
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PBR, PETR4.BR), and
three minority partners in offshore oil development projects, on Thursday
announced a $3.5 billion deal with Brazilian engineering company Engevix to
build eight production vessels.
Engevix Engenharia SA will build eight floating production, storage and
offloading vessels at a site in the southern Brazilian state of
Rio
Grande
do Sul. They will be used in development of huge
offshore reserves known as the pre-salt region.
Petrobras will use the eight vessels in conjunction with three minority
partners in the offshore fields known as BM-S-11 and BM-S-9. The minority
partners are BG Group PLC (BRGYY, BG.LN), Galp Energia SGPS SA (GALP.LB) and
Repsol YPF SA (REP, REP.MC).
In a statement, Petrobras said, "The vessels will be standardized. This
will permit faster construction, economies of scale and reductions in
cost."
Each vessel will be able to produce up to 150,000 barrels per day of crude oil.
The vessels will be delivered to Petrobras and its partners between 2013 and
2015. About 70% of materials and components for the vessels will be supplied by
Brazilian companies, according to Petrobras.
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