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Consortium Libra concludes the first well drilling and testing
Petróleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras announces that the consortium Libra completed the drilling and two tests on the first extension well in the area of Libra, 3-BRSA-1255-RJS (3-RJS-731 ), informally known as NW1.

Ezra wins US$110 million engineering and fabrication contract from Jurong Shipyard for deepwater project in Brazil
Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra” or “the Group”), a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced that the Group’s wholly owned subsidiary London Marine Consultants (LMC), Ezra’s Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Turret Design outfit has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard of Singapore, to supply an external turret mooring system for the Libra field’s Extended Well Test (EWT) FPSO vessel.

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. and Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore (GM&TS) sign a four year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement
Following the 2013 announcement on Heads of Agreement with Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. Gazprom Marketing & Trading are very pleased to announce the execution of a four year Sale and Purchase Agreement between Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore and Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.

Teekay Offshore Awarded New FPSO Contract for Petrojarl I FPSO and Agrees to Acquire Knarr FPSO
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO) announced that it has entered into an agreement with a consortium led by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção SA (QGEP) to provide a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Atlanta field located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.

MODEC and Schahin Group awarded Tartaruga Verde / Tartaruga Mestiça FPSO charter contract from Petrobras
MODEC, Inc. (“MODEC”) announced today that MODEC and its Brazilian partner
Schahin Group have been awarded a contract for supply, charter, and operations of a Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the BM‐C‐36 block (Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestica fields) in the Campos Basin by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”). This announcement is further to the Letter of Intent (LOI) which was issued on November 28, 2014.

The FPSO will be deployed at Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestiça fields in the BM‐C‐36 block in the Campos Basin in water depth of 765m. The BM‐C‐36 block is 100%‐owned by Petrobras.

MODEC and Schahin Group are responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, mobilization, installation and operation of the FPSO, including topsides processing equipment as well as hull and marine systems. SOFEC, Inc., a subsidiary of MODEC, will design and supply the spread mooring system.

The FPSO will be capable of processing 150,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 176 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, 200,000 barrels of water injection per day and has storage capacity of about 1,600,000 barrels of crude oil.

The FPSO delivery is scheduled in the 3rd quarter of 2017.

"We are very honored to be awarded the memorable 10th FPSO/FSO vessel from Petrobras, as well as MODEC’s 12th unit in Brazil,” said Toshiro Miyazaki, President and CEO of MODEC. “We are committed to carry out the project along with Schahin Group in order to contribute to the foundation for the development of energy industries in Brazil.”

The Schahin Group has a significant presence in the drilling services market and has been working with Petrobras Group and Consortia in which Petrobras has been participating since 1982. The Schahin Group is pleased to expand into production services via the partnership with MODEC and Petrobras.

Petrobras starts-up FPSO Cidade de Ilhabelha in Santos Basin pre-salt Sapinhoá field
Petrobras announces that the offshore platform Cidade de Ilhabela started-up this Thursday, November 20, at 5:37 a.m., in the Santos Basin pre-salt field of Sapinhoá. The new unit is part of the set of production projects scheduled for this year as outlined in the company’s 2014-2018 Business and Management Plan.

Abreu e Lima Refinery initiates Atmospheric Distillation Unit start-up procedure
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras began on Wednesday (11/19) the first step to start-up the Abreu e Lima Refinery (Rnest), a company project located in Ipojuca, Pernambuco, by injecting natural gas into the Atmospheric Distillation Unit (UDA).

Undocking of the World’s First FLNG Facility
A ceremony was held today to celebrate the undocking of the Caribbean FLNG facility from the Wison Offshore & Marine dry dock in Nantong, China, bringing an economic, game-changing project closer to commercial reality.

Sembcorp Marine Subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Secures Us$696 Million Libra FPSO Conversion Contract
Sembcorp Marine is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd has secured a US$696 million contract to convert a shuttle tanker into a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for OOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG, a joint venture between Brazil’s Odebrecht Oil & Gas and Teekay Offshore.

Libra consortium signs letter of intent for charter of its 1st FPSO for Extended Well Tests
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Libra Consortium has signed a letter of intent with Odebrecht/Teekay (OOG-Teekay), winner of a tender process, for the charter of a FPSO-type platform (floating production, storage and offloading) designed for the extended well test campaign at the Libra area, in Santos Basin pre-salt.