The package includes operation of the drillship Arpoador, being built at the Jurong Aracruz shipyard in Espirito Santo state, and six other units — Copacabana, Grumari, Ipanema, Leblon, Leme and Marambaia — to be constructed in the Estaleiro Atlantico Sul shipyard in Pernambuco state.

According to a source, Petrobras invited six rig contractors to negotiate the sale and transfer of operatorship of the drillships.

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