Power tech main Baker Hughes Co. has secured a multi-year extension from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the deployment of the Blue Marlin and Blue Orca stimulation vessels.
Baker Hughes stated in a media launch these vessels assist the optimization of offshore oil and fuel manufacturing in Brazil’s publish and pre-salt fields. The contract, in keeping with Baker Hughes, consists of the availability of related chemical compounds and providers.
Blue Marlin and Blue Orca will ship superior chemical remedies to stimulate wells, maximizing manufacturing in each brownfield and greenfield developments throughout a number of basins. As well as, these vessels will assist properly building via gravel pack and frac pack operations, Baker Hughes stated.
“Stimulation vessels are vital for optimizing manufacturing and limiting expensive downtime in offshore fields”, Amerino Gatti, government vp for oilfield providers and tools at Baker Hughes, stated. “Blue Marlin and Blue Orca have lengthy histories in Brazil, and the unequalled expertise, experience, and capabilities of the vessels and their crews have helped Petrobras make the nation’s pre-salt fields among the many most efficient on the earth.
“This newest award additional reinforces our Mature Belongings Options technique, enabling us to increase the lifetime of the sphere, improve restoration, and ship higher worth for our clients”.
The vessels function extremely skilled crews, onboard laboratories, high-pressure pumping programs, and resilient chemical storage. These capabilities allow them to ship chemical remedies tailor-made to every properly’s necessities and perform a number of stimulation operations with out returning to port for resupply, Baker Hughes stated.
Blue Marlin and Blue Orca have been working in Brazil since 2008 and 2023, respectively.
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