Offshore Magazine

Subsea Oil & Gas: Latin America

Petrobras secures subsea pipe supplies

Petrobras has awarded Technip a five-year frame agreement to supply 1,400 km (870 mi) flexible pipes.

New pile installation method succeeds offshore Brazil

Working in Waimea field offshore Brazil in the Campos basin, Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. has completed its first offshore pile installation using its StabFrame.

Buoyancy modules aid ROV deployments off Brazil

SMD has contracted Trelleborg Offshore for syntactic foam buoyancy modules for 20 new work-class ROVs.

Petrobras contracts Subsea 7 for SURF work in Campos basin

Subsea 7 SA has announced award of a $200-million SURF (subsea umbilical riser and flowline) contract from Petróleo Brasileiro.

Subsea 7 gets Petrobras contract, orders newbuild pipelay vessel

Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7 SA a five-year contract to provide a dedicated deepwater flexible pipelay vessel for use offshore Brazil.

Trelleborg, Landing String to debut new drill pipe buoyancy system

Trelleborg says it plans to debut the world’s first buoyancy module system on a drill pipe landing string in Rio de Janeiro.

Lankhorst to supply VIV strakes to Petrobras' P-55

Saipem do Brasil has contracted Lankhorst Mouldings Offshore Division to supply vortex induced vibration (VIV) suppression strakes for the risers at Petrobras’ P-55.

GE Oil & Gas to supply subsea and surface equipment for OGX

GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract from OGX Petróleo e Gás Ltda. to supply drilling and production equipment for three offshore fixed production platforms to be deployed in the Waimea and Waikiki oil and gas fields of the Campos basin, offshore Brazil.

Riser monitoring evolving to suit new deepwater configurations

Structural monitoring plays a vital role as operators drive out into greater water depths with ever more complex production riser configurations.

Tui subsea development plans taking shape

Preliminary "in-house" reserves estimates of the Tui oil fields by AWE indicate that initial proved + probable (2P) reserves recoverable from the fields will be reduced from the previously reported 50.5 MMbbl.

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