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Latin America Offshore Regional Report

Drilling & Completion

Shell engages drillship for French Guiana wells

Tullow Oil says a drillship has been contracted for two wells offshore French Guiana.

Stebbing well under way off the Falklands

Borders & Southern has spudded its second well south of the Falkland Islands.

CGX well offshore Guyana non-commercial

CGX Energy’s Eagle-1 well off Guyana failed to find commercial hydrocarbons.

Field Development

OGX declares Tubarão Azul field offshore Brazil to be commercial

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...

Petrobras buys hulls for offshore production platforms in Santos basin

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. has signed a $1.7-billion agreement to convert four VLCC vessels into hulls for platforms P-74, P-75, P-76, P-77, and for the transfer of rights areas.

McDermott to provide quarters modules for BG offshore Trinidad

McDermott International Inc. (NYSE: MDR) has won a brownfield contract to provide two new permanent living quarter modules for BG Trinidad & Tobago Ltd. (“BG”) as operator of North Coast Marine...

Subsea

Petrobras orders Oceaneering-record umbilicals for Lula, Sapinhoá

Petrobras has contracted Oceaneering International to supply 200 km (125 mi) of thermoplastic production control umbilicals for projects in the Santos basin offshore Brazil.

Oceaneering wins Brazil umbilical order

Petrobras has contracted Oceaneering International for umbilicals for the Whales Park field development project in Brazil’s Espirito Santo basin.

Petrobras signs $1.5-billion agreement for subsea trees from FMC

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) has signed a four-year, $1.5-billion agreement with Petrobras (NYSE: PBR, PBRA), to supply presalt development subsea equipment including 78 subsea trees.

Geology & Geophysics

Shell engages drillship for French Guiana wells

Tullow Oil says a drillship has been contracted for two wells offshore French Guiana.

Spectrum kicks off Amazonas offshore seismic survey

Spectrum has embarked on the next portion of its multi-client seismic acquisition program offshore Brazil.

BPZ rules out seismic link to dolphin fatalities off Peru

BPZ Energy has responded to recent enquiries concerning its seismic activity offshore Peru and a possible link to dolphin deaths.

Pipeline & Transportation

Pemex contracts Cal Dive for subsea pipeline installation

Pemex Exploración y Producción has contracted Cal Dive International Inc. (NYSE:DVR) for the installation of a 20-in subsea pipeline in 73 m water depth.

Technip commissions Trinidad gasline coatings

Technip USA has contracted Bredero for concrete weight coatings, anode installation, and associated services for a Latin American offshore gasline project.

Saipem lands Latin America pipelay jobs

Saipem has won two offshore engineering contracts in South America with a total value of around $600 million.

Production

Peru Corvina offshore production platform sailout expected late-July

BPZ Energy says fabrication of the CX-15 platform for the Corvina field off Peru continues at the shipyard in China.

Peru buoyant tower offshore production platform nears delivery

GMC and Horton Wison Deepwater confirm a joint venture to design and supply buoyant tower platforms for shallow-water fields.

SBM confirms FPSO charter for Sapinhoá in deepwater offshore Brazil

SBM Offshore has contracted for a 20-year charter and operation of the FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela.

Rigs/Vessels

Jackup component bottleneck slows construction

Fabricator Lamprell warns that its performance will be affected by delays in specialist vendor equipment deliveries for newbuild jackup projects.

Havyard contracts further PSV hull from Turkish yard

Cemre Shipyard has delivered its 20th platform supply vessel, Vestland Mira, to Norwegian contractor Havyard Group, on behalf of Vestland Offshore.

Otto Marine contracts on two AHTS for the Congo

Otto Marine Ltd. (SP.OTML) has chartered two anchor-handling tug supply vessels for work offshore Africa.

Latin America Offshore Oil & Gas News

Shell engages drillship for French Guiana wells

Tullow Oil says a drillship has been contracted for two wells offshore French Guiana.

OGX declares Tubarão Azul field offshore Brazil to be commercial

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...

Ulstein delivers second newbuild PSV to CBO for Petrobras

Ulstein has delivered the CBO Pacifico platform supply vessel, the second PX106 design newbuild for CBO this year.