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FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba Leaves Port
The Schahin - Modec, which contracted to build and operate the FPSO Cidade De Mangaratiba, began on Saturday (16/8) to the output of the unit BrasFels shipyard in Angra dos Reis. This platform vessel will operate in the area of ​​Iracema Sul, in the Lula field, located in the Pre-Salt Pole of the Santos Basin, off the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Apollonia well confirms extension of Júpiter discovery in pre-salt Santos basin
Galp Energia, partner of the consortium for the exploration of Block BM-S-24, informs that the preliminary results obtained during the drilling of well 3-BRSA-1246-RJS (3-RJS-732), informally known as Apollonia, have confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons and the extension of the Júpiter discovery in the pre-salt Santos basin.

Paulinia Refinery inaugurated last unit of the modernization project
The Paulinia Refinery (Replan) inaugurated the last unit that was needed to complete its project to expand and modernize. The startup of Waste Gas Treatment Unit marks the completion of one of the largest and most complex programs of modernization among our refineries with an investment of over $ 5 billion.

Saipem: awarded new contracts for FPSOs in Brazil and Angola for a total of $600 million
Saipem has been awarded contracts for the extension of leasing and upgrading works of the Cidade de Vitoria FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel) in Brazil. The company has also been awarded a lease extension and operation contract for the Gimboa FPSO in Angola. These contracts are worth in total approximately $600 million.

Exterran Awarded Compression Station in Brazil
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EXH) today announced that on March 25, 2014 it signed a 12-year compression services contract with the consortium BCAM-40, where Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.(Petrobras) is the field operator, and will commence operations following Exterran’s construction and installation of a compressor station in Bahia, Brazil. The project will utilize approximately 28,000 horsepower of compression equipment, as well as associated natural gas production equipment.

GE Expands Distributed Power Presence in Brazil’s Offshore Sector
Expanding its role as a leading energy technology supplier for Brazil’s offshore oil and gas sector, GE’s (NYSE: GE) Distributed Power business today announced it will supply four additional LM2500+G4 aeroderivative gas turbine generators to supply 85 megawatts (MW) of reliable on-site electricity for a new floating oil and gas production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel—the Cidade de Caraguatatuba MV-27.

Petrobras starts-up third well at Sapinhoá field and registers a new monthly production record in the pre-salt
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras announces the start-up, on Thursday, April 3rd, of well 7-SPH-04-SPS, at a water depth of 2,120 meters, in Sapinhoá field, in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Region. This well has an estimated production potential of 26,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and is interconnected to FPSO Cidade de São Paulo through the pioneering platform connecting system known as BSR (Buoyancy Supported Risers).

Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Manifolds for Petrobras Pre-Salt Fields
Aker Solutions won a contract worth more than USD 300 million from Petrobras to supply eight manifolds that alternately inject water and gas to increase oil recovery from Brazil's deepwater offshore fields.

Naming Ceremony for the World’s Largest FSRU, the “Experience”
On March 20, 2014, Excelerate Energy celebrated the naming ceremony for its newest floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) “Experience” at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s (DSME) Okpo Shipyard, Korea. The Experience, constructed to provide long-term service for Brazil’s Petrobras, is the largest and most capable FSRU in the world with a storage capacity of 173,400 cubic meters and sendout capability of 1 billion cubic feet per day. The vessel is the ninth in Excelerate Energy’s fleet of FSRUs, making the company the industry’s largest operator of regasification vessels.

Subsea 7 S.A. awarded contract offshore Brazil
Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC) today announced the award of a lump sum contract valued at approximately $110 million by Shell for the installation of jumpers, umbilicals and associated subsea structures for the BC-10 Phase 3 Project in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.

Project management and engineering will be performed from Subsea 7’s offices in Rio de Janeiro and will commence in Q1 2014 with the offshore campaign starting in Q3 2015, using the construction/flexlay vessel the Skandi Neptune. The project has a total duration of approximately two years.

Victor Bomfim, Senior Vice-President of Subsea 7’s Brazil Territory, said: “We are pleased to have been awarded this important contract and be able to work once again with Shell Brazil, following our contracts for the Bijupirá-Salema and BC-10 Phase 1 developments. Subsea 7 looks forward to working closely with Shell to successfully deliver the work scope in a safe and timely manner.”