BJ Tubular Services awarded contract by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
Sept. 1, 2005
Petrobras has awarded a contract to BJ Tubular Services to carry out a variety of well services in Brazil. BJ Tubular Services will provide offshore running and pulling of tubulars and casings ranging in size from 3-l/2-in. to 13-5/8-in., as well as onshore bucking services.
Offshore staff
(Aberdeen, Scotland)-Petrobras has awarded a contract to BJ Tubular Services to carry out a variety of well services in Brazil. BJ Tubular Services will provide offshore running and pulling of tubulars and casings ranging in size from 3-l/2-in. to 13-5/8-in., as well as onshore bucking services. BJ Completion Fluids will also provide a range of wellbore clean-up tools to support the operation. Services will be delivered to all Petrobras assets located in northeast Brazil, primarily in the Campos Basin and Espirito Santos region off of the coast of Macae and Vitoria.
BJ Tubular Services recently began the four-year contract. BJ will support the operation from its base in Macae, located 250 km north of Rio de Janeiro.
To complete the operation, BJ Tubular Services will use the company's full Chromemaster minimal marking, non-ferrous handling package, which features handslips and elevators. In order to save time and labor otherwise invested in transporting equipment offshore, and rigging up to run different strings, BJ will use a 5-l/2-in. combination power tong capable of running chrome and steel tubulars, and drillpipe. This will make it possible to run pipe with just one tong, which would normally require the use of two tongs in conjunction with ancillaries.
