A marine vessel designed to lay pipelines in the submarine environment arrived in the oil-rich waters off the coast of Brazil, joint venture partners said. Oilfield services company TechnipFMC announced its partnership with DOF Subsea started its eight-year contract with Petróleo Brasileiro for use of construction vessel Skandi Recife. The vessel is chartered to lay pipelines in the deep waters of the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo oil basins off the coast of Brazil. Petróleo Brasileiro is the semi-public energy company in Brazil, known also as Petrobras. “The delivery of Skandi Recife and the commencement of a new contract with Petrobras reinforce our commitment to the development of the Brazilian market and our extensive ultra-deepwater pipelaying experience,” Hallvard Hasselknippe, the president of […]