By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 9 -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has let contracts to Oceaneering Multiflex, a division of Oceaneering International Inc., Houston, to supply 178 km total of umbilicals for Marlin East, Roncador Phase 2, Manati, and Golfinho fields off Brazil.
The contracts are worth $42 million total. The high collapse-resistant (HCR) hoses developed by Petrobras and Oceaneering have a steel carcass and allow for chemical injection using low specific-gravity chemicals.
Oceaneering's manufacturing plant in Niteroi, Brazil, will produce the umbilicals.