Tag: South America

It is being reported that Royal Dutch Shell is in discussions with BG Group regarding a possible USD 70 billion merger between the two oil and gas companies. Shell has taken a step to boost its deepwater and LNG asset portfolio during the current low equity price environment by taking over BG Group.

Brazil’s Petrobras has begun production on the platform P-61 in Papa Terra field, which is located near the southern perimeter of the Campos Basin (State of Rio de Janeiro), approximately 110 kilometers off the coast of Brazil.

Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela. The San Joaquin Pipeline, owned by Venezuela state oil company PDVSA, transports LNG for the international market between the San Joaquin and Jose cryogenic plants.

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its operation in Brazil has been selected to supply all ball sector control valves, ball valves and butterfly valves for the new Klabin mill (Project Puma) located in the city of Ortigueira, Paraná state, southern Brazil.

Colombia's state-run Ecopetrol has more than doubled the capacity of its Transandino pipeline after inaugurating a $2.9 million high-altitude pumping station that will cut costs for oil produced in the country's south.

The MacArtney Group signed a representative agreement with Okeanus to function as the official representative of MacArtney underwater technology products on the Brazilian market. Following similar deals signed with companies Cledirsa (Uruguay) and Alakaluf (Chile), the agreement with Okeanus marks the third South American company in MacArtney's global representative network in the last six months.

Exterran Holdings announced that it has signed two agreements related to projects in Bolivia and Brazil. The first, signed in October 2014, is a six-year compression services contract with Petrobras Bolivia including construction and installation of a compressor station for two fields near Tarija, Bolivia.

Harrison Valve executed a partnership agreement with International TechniSystems to expand sales and distribution of Harrison Valves throughout Mexico, Central and South America.Harrison Valve is a global supplier of precision valve products serving a broad range of applications, industries and markets.

The latest agent recruited by electric actuator manufacturer SIPOS Aktorik is WS Controles in Campinas – São Paulo, Brazil.