The oil company Shell signed an integrated services contract with Halliburton, for the development of post-salt and pre-salt exploration in the Campos and Santos basins, in Brazil.

Under the contract, which includes a three-year term with a two-year extension, Halliburton will provide drilling services to increase efficiency by integrating multiple product offerings and technologies, the oilfield services provider said on Wednesday.

“Our integrated services model is designed to help accelerate new field development, reduce drilling and completion costs and increase recovery through the utilization of our innovative technologies and basin insight,” said Anouar Fraija, Vice President of Halliburton Brazil.

"We are thrilled to win this contract and collaborate with Shell to provide integrated solutions that maximize the value of its assets."

Halliburton has a history in Brazil's pre-salt fields, which are among the most complex wells ever drilled, and require a broad scope of technologies and resources to achieve economic and operational success.

Halliburton also maintains a technology center in Rio de Janeiro.

Macaé and its infrastructure

Despite all the economic problems triggered by the crisis in the offshore oil and gas sector, not only in Macaé, but in all producing municipalities, the city of Macaé still has the remaining infrastructure used by companies previously and, as today's motto is containment costs, mainly due to lower values ​​in Petrobras contracts, many chose to continue developing their ventures in the city.

These same statements were endorsed by the president of Petrobras and the Governor of Rio de Janeiro in a video, check out all the details of this statement here.