Brazil Petrobras To Lease 40 Deepwater Drilling Vessels, Rigs

CONTRATOS DE ARRENDAMIENTO

BRAZIL ARRENDARA 40 PLATAFORMAS SEMI SUMERGIBLES PARA OPERAR EN AGUAS PROFUNDAS Y ULTRA PROFUNDAS.
SE LAS ENTREGAN EN EL 2017..

¿TIENE PEMEX LA CAPACIDAD PARA MANTENERLAS EN UNA OPERACION CONTINUA Y SEGURA?

¿CUENTA PEMEX CON LA LOGISTICA PARA ABASTECER LO NECESARIO PARA UNA CONTINUA OPERACION DE PERFORACION?

¿CON EL EQUIPO DE TRANSPORTE DE PERSONAL DESDE LA COSTA HASTA EL LUGAR DONDE ESTE OPERANDO LA PLATAFORMA?


Source: Dow Jones

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR), or Petrobras, plans to lease 40 drilling vessels and semi-submersible platforms to operate in deep and ultra-deep waters, the company said in a late Tuesday release.

The company expects to receive the new units by 2017.

Petrobras currently is also preparing a tender for 24 oil rig support vessels, and will tender another 122 of such vessels in the coming six years.

All 146 support vessels will be built in Brazil, Petrobras said.

The company's ambitious fleet expansion plans come amid an overheating of the global oil services industry that led to a price explosion.

Petrobras already has leased almost 80% of all drilling vessels with a capacity to operate in deep waters worldwide, the Valor newspaper said Wednesday.

The company urgently needs more drilling equipment to explore and produce from its new promising pre-salt oil province off the coast of southeastern Brazil.

The company in November said it estimates recoverable reserves at its Tupi field in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin off the coast of Rio de Janeiro of up to 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Oil found in Brazil's pre-salt area lies at a water depth of more than 2,000 meters, and a further 5,000 meters below sand, rocks and salt, making production challenging and expensive.