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CHC Revealed This Friday (13) That It Signed Five Exclusive Multimillion-Dollar Contracts with Petrobras for Offshore Transportation in Brazil.
However, the company did not disclose the exact value of the agreements, which ensure the offshore transportation of passengers and small cargoes to the Campos Basin, the main sedimentary area already explored on the Brazilian coast, in the next 4 to 5 years.
Offshore Transportation in Brazil Is Expected to Start Operating in the 2nd Half of 2023
The helicopter company explained that the offshore transportation projects in Brazil are set to kick off in the second half of 2023, with the winning bids based on a “public competition” held in August 2022. To support these contracts, CHC Brazil will operate five Leonardo AW139 helicopters from its new base in Brazil. Campos dos Goytacazes, Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport, and Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport in Vitória.
CHC expects to increase its fleet to approximately 10 medium and large aircraft with the acquisition of these new contracts, which will also support new jobs in the region, with the helicopter operator expanding its workforce in Brazil to approximately 280.
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Additionally, CHC highlighted that it has “significant long-term growth plans” for Latin America and already operates in Brazil and Mexico, and previously in Suriname, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. Among CHC’s recent agreements elsewhere, it is worth noting that the helicopter operator won a contract for maritime transportation services in the Dutch sector of the North Sea in October 2022.
Learn More About Offshore Transportation in Brazil
Offshore transportation in Brazil is used to specify the systems for delivering and transporting materials such as oil and gas. Such operations depend on a well-organized supply chain with its own standards and regulations.
In offshore transportation in Brazil, high logistical standards are necessary to meet the operations of oil exploration and production, providing cutting-edge technology for offshore production. In summary, offshore support logistics can be divided into upstream, meaning supporting exploration, development, and production activities, and downstream, meaning refining and distribution.
Offshore transportation support logistics in Brazil is used from the exploration, drilling, and completion of oil exploration platforms to the production and access to crude oil and natural gas. To understand the logistical complexities of offshore support, heavy equipment and large volumes of cargo need to be transported during the completion phase.
