Tag: Brazil

Braskem's petrochemical refinery near the town of Duque de Caxias is nestled amidst green hills less than an hour’s drive from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sprawling site hosts several chemical plants involved in the production of raw materials and further processed chemical products including polypropylene and polyethylene. Valve World Americas visited the site to speak with Mr. Roberto Funger, Senior Inspection Engineer in the Maintenance Department during a recent visit. By Joanne McIntyre

The latest report from Global Data, Quarterly Global FPSO Industry Outlook – Brazil Leads FPSO Deployments in South America suggests that 74 planned and planned FPSOs are expected to start their operations by 2025.

TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract by Statoil. It covers the execution of the subsea pipeline connection for the new production platform in Peregrino Phase II Project, located in Campos Basin, offshore Brazil.

The upgrade at the Rio Manso WTP at Brumadinho in the south east of Brazil involved the building of an additional filter plant, the replacement of obsolete actuators on existing plant and the introduction of a Profibus digital control network.

Qatar Petroleum’s (QP) new LNG-marketing arm, Ocean LNG, has signed a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to sell 1.

Golar Power, an operator of LNG carriers, has reached a final investment decision on the Sergipe power project in Brazil and is to charter the newly built floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), Golar Nanook, for 25 years.

According to recent reports, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Brazilian state of Ceara to help develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, announced it has acquired the assets of the process control valve manufacturer, Hiter Indústria e Comércio de Controles Termo-Hidráulicos Ltda (Hiter), based in Sorocaba, Brazil.

Aker Solutions has secured an agreement to provide maintenance and other services for subsea facilities at Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil.

Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels agency (ANP) has announced the first 12 companies pre-approved for the country’s upcoming 13th bid round to be held on October 7th, 2015.