December 19th, 20197Maersk has confirmed that its offices in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have been searched by the Brazilian Federal Police in connection with allegations regarding the payment of bribes to national oil company Petrobras over a 10-year period through to 2012. Maersk is accused of paying $3.4m on bribes to get shipping contracts from the...
November 20th, 20190Brazil’s Petrobras is on course to become the world’s largest oil producer among publicly listed companies by 2030, based on Rystad Energy’s latest data and forecasts. After a tough few years embroiled in a huge corruption scandal, Petrobras is now the world’s fastest growing oil producer and Rystad analysis suggests it will need...
November 12th, 20192Four Japanese conglomerates are proceeding with a deepwater FPSO charter project off Brazil. MODEC, Mitsui & Co, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Marubeni Corporation will invest in a long-term charter in an FPSO for use in Petrobras’s Búzios field off the coast of Brazil. Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni will invest in Buzios5 MV32, a Dutch...
October 17th, 20190Japan’s MODEC has received a letter of intent from Petrobras for the supply, charter, and operations of an FPSO vessel for the Marlim revitalization project in the Campos Basin north of Rio. The contract is for a period of 25 years, and MODEC's 16th project in Brazil as well as its sixth in the Campos Basin. MODEC is responsible for...
September 12th, 20190Norwegian offshore vessel owning giant Solstad Offshore has announced that Brazil’s Petrobras has declared options to extend the contracts of anchor handling tug supply vessels Far Scout and Far Santana. The extensions are for one year, taking the contracts through to the third quarter of 2020. Both vessels are supporting...
August 1st, 20190Houston-based Halliburton Company has been awarded an integrated services contract by Petrobras for pre-salt development in the Santos Basin. The contract is for two and a half years and includes drilling and completion services. Anouar Fraija, vice president of Halliburton Brazil, commented: “We are pleased to win this work and...
May 15th, 20190McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea risers and flowlines for the first phase of the Sepia field off Brazil. The scope includes engineering, surveys, supply, installation and pre-commissioning of rigid pipelines, jumpers, buoyance...
April 24th, 20190Dutch offshore accommodation vessel specialist OOS International and Chinese yard CIMC Raffles have been awarded a contract by Petrobras for 2018-built accommodation vessel . The contract will commence in the second half of 2019 and is for a period of five years. OOS Tiradentes is already in Brazil working for Petrobras and the...
April 22nd, 20190Houston-headquartered Atlantica Tender Drilling has had an option exercised by Petrobras for 2013-built tender drilling rig . Petrobras has extended the rig by 180 days, bring the current contract from September 2019 through to March 2020. Founded in 2007, Atlantica has two semi-tender units in its fleet. Last month, it signed a...
March 12th, 20190Offshore driller Transocean has been awarded contracts by Brazil’s Petrobras for two drillships picked up in the acquisition of Ocean Rig. The Ocean Rig Corcovado has been awarded a 629-day contract worth around $123m, with a 680-day option, whole Ocean Rig Mykonos has been awarded a 550-day contract worth around $118m, with an...
