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“Aker Solutions has been present in Brazil for project includes 51 enhanced vertical deepwater The charter and service contracts will have
more than four decades and we are committed trees (EVDT) and associated tooling, as well as a duration of 22 years and six months, counted
to continue delivering our services to help Petro- 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in from the final acceptance of the unit.
bras maximise the potential for their fields in the equipment. The project foresees the interconnection of
most safe, efficient and sustainable manner pos- Jonathan Landes, President, Subsea at Tech- 17 wells to the FPSO, nine of them oil produc-
sible,” said Peralta. nipFMC, commented: “We are very excited to ers and eight water injectors, through a subsea
About the Project: The Mero field is an continue our relationship with ExxonMobil infrastructure composed of flexible pipelines,
ultra-deepwater pre-salt field development. It through this award, which is our fourth within electro-hydraulic umbilicals, and wet Christ-
is located at the northwestern area of the Libra the Stabroek block. We are proud of our dedi- mas trees.
block in the Santos Basin, about 180 km south of cated Guyanese employees and are committed The Parque das Baleias area is formed by
Rio de Janeiro, offshore Brazil. to the continued development and expansion of the Jubarte, Baleia Ana, Cachalote, Caxareu,
Mero field is under a Production Sharing local capabilities.” Pirambu and Manganga fields. The first field,
Agreement to a Consortium comprised of TechnipFMC currently employs more than Jubarte, was discovered in 2001. In 2019, Petro-
Petrobras as the Operator (40%), in a partner- 60 Guyanese, and expects to continue to hire bras and the National Agency of Petroleum,
ship with Shell Brasil (20%), TotalEnergies and train additional local staff in support of this Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) entered into
(20%), CNOOC Ltd (10%) and CNODC (10%). award. an agreement on the extension of the conces-
The Consortium also has the participation of For TechnipFMC, a “large” contract is sion term until 2056 of the new unified Jubarte
the state-owned company Pré-Sal Petróleo SA between $500mn and $1bn; the full contract field, which makes it feasible to implement the
(PPSA), as the manager of the Production-Shar- award will not be included in inbound orders new production system of the Parque das Baleias
ing Contract (PSC). until the project receives final investment deci- Integrated Project, in addition to complemen-
The contract will be booked as order intake in sion and government approvals. tary projects in the area. Currently, four plat-
the fourth quarter of 2021 in the Subsea segment. TechnipFMC, November 15 2021 forms are in operation: P-57, P-58, FPSO Cidade
Aker Solutions defines a substantial contract de Anchieta, and FPSO Capixaba, the latter
as being between NOK 700mn and NOK 1.2bn. Petrobras signs LOI for FPSO scheduled to be in operation only until 2022.
Aker Solutions, November 18 2021 Petrobras, November 12 2021
TechnipFMC wins subsea services for Parque das PERFORMANCE
Baleias integrated project
contract for Stabroek Block Petrobras has signed a Letter of Intent with Yin- Interoil reports on
offshore Guyana son Production for the chartering and provision
of FPSO services for the Parque das Baleias
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large contract Integrated Project, to be installed in the Jubarte Q3-2021, 9M-2021 results
by Exxon Mobil to supply the subsea production field, located in the northern part of the Campos Gross production in Q3-2021 decreased from
system for the Yellowtail development.in the Basin. the production registered in Q2-2021 mainly
Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. The FPSO is scheduled to start production due to a combination of weather conditions that
Subject to government approvals and final in the last quarter of 2024 and will be the new affected road transportation, national strikes and
project sanction, TechnipFMC will provide unit of the definitive system to be installed in the social unrest in Colombia that led to road block-
project management, engineering, manufactur- Jubarte field. The unit will have the capacity to ages causing the suspension of the oil transpor-
ing and testing capabilities to deliver the over- process 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and tation, especially from the Vikingo operation.
all subsea production system. The scope of the 5mn cubic metres per day of gas. Interoil’s EBITDA in Q3-2021 continues
with the same positive tendency registered in
the immediately preceding quarter in terms of
improvement.
In Argentina, the workover operations at the
MMO-15 continues to be suspended due to the
COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the Argentin-
ian authorities prohibiting critical field experts
from arriving in the country and downhole
equipment from mobilising to the well-site.
In Colombia, Interoil continues to seek the
authorities´ required approval before spudding
a well in Altair and LLA-47 blocks. In addi-
tion, the ANH issued in July 2021 a resolution
(Agreement 005) granting companies the right
to request extensions of the terms of exploration
programmes adversely affected by blockages,
national strikes, the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic and the like. Interoil has filed with
the ANH requests for extensions of the terms to
perform exploration activities in both Altair and
LLA-47 blocks.

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