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Details on the hearing have not been widely shared, but Mercopress reported on February 24 that FUP had agreed to send its members back to work.
The court did pledge to address the concerns of Petrobras’ workers. “An attempt will be made to increase financial compensation for the dis- missed,” it said in a statement.
The NOC was able to continue normal oper- ations throughout the work stoppage, as it hired enough temporary workers under emergency
contracts to cover most gaps. These temporary workers helped ensure Petrobras’ ability to meet domestic fuel demand and keep crude oil and natural gas output steady, according to Merco- press. But some of them did so under unusual conditions, as their contracts involved working longer shifts.
According to FUP, some 36 of Petrobras’ 39 offshore drilling platforms off the coast of Rio de Janeiro State were being operated by contin- gency employees as of February 20.
Centrica, CELSE commission LNG import terminal in Sergipe
UK-BASED Centrica and its local partner Cen- trais Elétricas de Sergipe (CELSE) have commis- sioned a new LNG import terminal in Sergipe, Brazil. The terminal is Brazil’s first privately owned LNG import facility.
In a statement, Centrica said that it had marked the commissioning by taking delivery of 95,000 tonnes of LNG at Golar Nanook, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) anchored 8.5 km from the coast. The LNG was transferred to the FSRU by a ship-to-ship oper- ation, it reported.
The import terminal will load gas into a pipeline that connects it to Usina Termoelétrica (UTE) Porto de Sergipe, an onshore thermal power plant (TPP) owned by CELSE. This com- bined-cycle TPP has a generating capacity of 1,516 MW and is the largest power station of its kind in South America.
The terminal facility has also been equipped with mooring facilities and a dedicated 34-km, 500-kV electricity transmission line.
The Golar Nanook FSRU is owned by Ber- muda-registered Golar LNG. In its own state- ment, Golar LNG confirmed earlier this week that Centrica and CELSE were in the final stages of commissioning the Sergipe TPP.
It quoted CEO Iain Ross as saying: “All three turbines have been successfully tested, and the plant is currently producing and selling power to the grid.”
The company also noted that Centrica and CELSE expected to begin regular commer- cial operations at the TPP before the end of March. This event will automatically trigger the acceptance of the 26-year contract for the Golar Nanook FSRU, as well as the power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Brazil’s national power transmission grid operator.
Golar Nanook is capable of taking delivery of 5.8mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG. Accord- ing to previous reports, deliveries to the Sergipe TPP will account for nearly 30% of the total, or 1.7mntpy.
Onshore facilities for Sergipe LNG-to-power project (Photo: GE Power)
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