The
Brazilian
oil
giant
sees
boosting
the
fleet
of
deep-water
PLSV
units
as
a
vital
element
in
developing
the
ultra
deep-water
pre-salt
fields
of
the
Santos
basin.
The
company
awarded
five-year
charters
for
six
new
PLSV
units
in
2011,
but
attempts
to
convince
the
contractors
to
build
in
Brazil
met
with
very
limited
success.
The
only
local
build
among
these
six
is
a
300-tonne
capacity
unit
that
Malaysia’s
SapuraCrest
will
build
at
the
future
OSX
shipyard
taking
shape
in
northern
Rio
de
Janeiro.
The
other
five
550-tonne
line-pull
vessels
will
be
built
abroad,
including…
