Brazil: EAS Shipyard to Build Seven Drillshps for Petrobras

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras  said that local shipyard Estaleiro Atlantico Sul (EAS) had won the tender to build seven drilling rigs in Brazil.

The contract is worth $4.63 billion.
EAS is a consortium formed by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries  and local construction giants Queiroz Galvao and Camargo Correa.
The first rig is scheduled to enter operations in 2015, Petrobras said in a statement.
Companies that also presented bids included Brazilian consortium Alusa Galvao and overseas giants such as Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Corp .
Petrobras plans to commission a total of up to 28 new drilling rigs to be built in Brazil to explore oil reserves in deep waters, including the subsalt. According to initial plans, the rigs were expected to be delivered between 2013 and 2018.