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Chinese Giant Secures Contract with Petrobras and Will Open 500 New Jobs by Establishing Operations in the City of Macaé, in Northern Rio de Janeiro State
The company China Union Offshore offered the best price in Petrobras’ tender related to the anchored drills that operated in 750 m of water depth.
To fulfill this contract, the Chinese multinational will open a branch in Macaé, and the expectation is to create five hundred new positions for the contract, with the company’s installation in Macaé estimated to begin in the second half of this year.
About the Company
The shareholding structure of the Chinese company consists of COTEC Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of COOEC (China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation), which is one of the largest suppliers of engineering contracts in Asia with high-tech shipyards, SDOE (Shandong Offshore) from the Shandong Marine group, which is the third largest shipping company in China and owner of Northern Offshore, a company specialized in drilling operations, and also has an investor fund that provides significant support for operations.
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The company will focus on production, decommissioning, accommodation, and drilling activities in Brazil, and according to its Vice President of Marketing and Projects, Marcelo Távora, “We have been in the market for many years and operating in Southern China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Russia, Central Asia, and the Gulf of Mexico. Our proposal in Brazil is to operate efficiently and with high technology, offering an integrated solution to clients.”
The Contract with Petrobras
In order to fulfill the contract with Petrobras, China Union Offshore will use state-of-the-art anchored rigs from the Tiger series, which are equipped with the most modern equipment available today in the offshore industry.
The expectation of creating five hundred new jobs in Macaé has already caused optimism in the city, considering it is a large company, well-recognized, and with more than two thousand workers at its headquarters in China.
Its vice president also emphasized that, “We have experience in operating in exploration and production activities and have already mobilized managers and technicians with extensive experience, some with over 40 years of work in oil and gas management at the largest companies in the global market, with operational knowledge of the local oil industry in all types of operations, from land rigs to state-of-the-art ultra-deepwater units, with extraordinary results.”
Now the expectation among workers in the city of Macaé is one of optimism, and to meet the company’s demand, workforce qualification is necessary, as the offshore market is still highly competitive, but we can perceive that the lights at the end of the tunnel are beginning to shine.
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