Tag: Petrobras

Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for a world-scale grassroots gas-to-chemicals complex in Linhares, Espirito Santo State, southeast Brazil.

The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency approved BP’s farm-in to four deepwater exploration and production concessions in the Brazilian equatorial margin.

   Skanska has been contracted by Petrobras for engineering, procurement and construction to increase the capacity of the natural gas treatment and compression of the Cabiúnas Terminal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a joint venture with two local companies.

Triple M Upstream, a division of Brazil-based Triple M, has secured 3 important orders to manufacture special rubber seated butterfly Mack valves for Petrobras. In a package of more than $300,000 calling for 70 valves, Triple M will supply Duplex Trim Valves following the API 609 Class A requirements.

After more than a year working on documents, reference lists and tests, Triple M has been successful in getting Mogas Industries USA registered on Petrobras Master Vendors List off-shore ( MVLO). The Petrobras spec of VET valves (Válvulas de Estanqueidade) for metal seated ball valves, is one of the toughest valve specs worldwide, and is utilized on upstream applications, mainly for offshore platforms and FPSO´s.

Petrobras' CEO, Mr. José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, gave a keynote address on November 1, 2011, to more than 400 participants at the annual Downstream Asia 2011 conference, in Singapore.

Petrobras has renewed its CAMSERV aftermarket services contract with Cameron in support of developments offshore Brazil. This agreement is a continuation to the contract previously signed in 2007. The agreement will be managed from Cameron’s service center in Macae and the facility will support Petrobras operations with inspection, maintenance, repair and remanufacturing, storage and offshore installation services.

DSME has been selected by Excelerate Energy to build a new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be utilized by Petrobras, which has designated the ship VT3. Said to be the largest vessel of its kind, the vessel will deliver 20 million cum/day of natural gas to the Southeast Region of Brazil.

Petrobras' CFO and Investor Relations officer, Almir Guilherme Barbassa, was named the 2010 CFO of the Year in Brazil, in the Expansion category by Latin Trade, a pan-regional business publication in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Petrobras has announced that it has acquired 50% of the capital stock of BSBIOS Indústria e Comércio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil S.A. through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. – Pbio. The company,