Brazil’s Petrobras is on course to charter six drilling rigs from local contractors to carry out exploration and development work at projects outside the prolific pre-salt province, writes Fabio Palmigiani.
Petrobras recently concluded negotiations with Constellation Oil Services, Petroserv and Ocyan, and was in the process of recommending to its board of directors the contracting of two drillships and four semi-submersible rigs, sources told Upstream, confirming an earlier report from the Brasil Energia website.
