BPZ Energy expects development drilling to start in July from the new CX-15 platform on the Corvina field offshore Peru, following completion of current pre-drill preparations.

Saipem has won offshore engineering and construction contracts in South America with a total value of about $500 million.

Petrobras’ subsidiary PNBV has awarded a Technip/Techint consortium a contract for topside construction and integration, commissioning, and start-up assistance on the FPSO P-76 in presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil.

BPZ Energy says platform monitoring and control system modifications are under way offshore Peru to prepare the new CX-15 platform for the start of development drilling.

Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) has entered a frame agreement with Aker Solutions for subsea equipment destined for deepwater presalt field development offshore São Paulo, Santos basin, Brazil.

Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A., together with SBM Inc., has been awarded two charter and service agreements for two new FPSOs for the Consortium BM-S-11, operated by Petrobras.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras is in negotiations for the contracting with consortium QGOG/SBM (Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A./ SBM Offshore) of two FPSOs for production development at Lula Alto and Lula Central, in Lula field, Santos basin presalt.

Petrobras has retained Endeavor Management to provide third-party review and advisory services on Papa Terra.

Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) is moving to China the work of converting four tankers into FPSOs.

Rockhopper says it is fully financed for the Sea Lion development offshore the Falkland Islands and for a three-well exploration campaign scheduled for 2014.

Pemex Exploration and Production has awarded a new platform contract to Dragados Offshore for the Compresión Alta Litoral A (CA-LITORAL-A) project in the Campeche region of the Gulf of Mexico.

The second phase of Spectrum’s 2D seismic project offshore Brazil is underway to acquire 6,000 km in the Foz do Amazonas basin. The initial phase covered 15,000 km.

WorleyParsons has won an engineering, procurement, and management assistance contract for the Peregrino II field development offshore Brazil.

Statoil has named RDS to perform front-end engineering design for a fixed drilling rig to be part of Peregrino Phase 2 development offshore Brazil.

OSX Brasil SA and Mendes Junior have signed a contract with a group including Petrobras to install topsides on two FPSOs.

The world’s first buoyant tower drilling and production platform is loaded and on its way to Corvina field offshore Peru, according to Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. and BPZ Energy.

Petrobras Campos Basin Operating Unit plans to improve its operating efficiency to 90% by 2016, according to its 2012-2016 business plans.

Fluke Engenharia has won a new contract from Subsea 7 to fabricate 27 suction piles for the Guará–Lula field, part of the presalt cluster in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil.

A Petrobras-led consortium has authorized 10 contracts valued at $4.5 billion for six topsides modules.

InterMoor has installed the electrical submersible pump conductors for the artificial lift manifold as part of Phase 2 of Shell’s BC-10 project.

Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. has won a contract from Exmar to engineer, procure, construct, install, and commission the first-ever floating LNG liquefaction, regasification, and storage unit.

Weatherford Colombia has contracted Conductor Installation Services Ltd. to provide conductor installation services for Equion Energia Ltd. offshore Colombia.

PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion has contracted McDermott International Inc. for the new Ayatsil-B drilling platform in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.

OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (Bovespa: OGXP3; OTC: OGXPY.PK) has sent a Declaration of Commerciality on part of the Waimea Complex to Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels Agency.