Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras received only one proposal, from Holland's SBM Offshore, in a bid to contract construction of the Mero 4 oil platform in the Santos Basin pre-salt, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Sabrina Valle, Marta Nogueira
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A consortia led by Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard Limited offered Brazil’s Petrobras the lowest price to build a floating platform for Buzios, Latin America’s second-largest oil field, three people close to the competition said.
Keppel offered to build P-78, a 180,000-barrels-per-day production unit that Petrobras plans for its deepwater Buzios field, for 12.52 billion reais ($2.33 billion), the sources said, asking not to be named as the information is confidential.
A winner has not been selected and the result is unclear, the sources said.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as Brazil’s state-controlled producer is known, declined to comment. Keppel did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is hoping to win at least 28 billion reais ($5.3 billion) from a compensation deal with miner Vale SA after the 2019 Brumadinho deadly dam burst, a senior state official said on Wednesday.
Luciano Costa
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is hoping to win at least 28 billion reais ($5.3 billion) from a compensation deal with miner Vale SA after the 2019 Brumadinho deadly dam burst, a senior state official said on Wednesday.
State and Vale officials will meet on Thursday, when it is expected talks on compensation will begin, ahead of a court-mediated hearing expected in January, said state secretary general Mateus Simões.
“The idea is that we end the text discussion tomorrow and start the value discussion,” he told Reuters. “Certainly the floor for the beginning of the negotiations has to be 28 billion reais.”
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is hoping to win at least 28 billion reais ($5.3 billion) from a compensation deal with miner Vale SA after the 2019 Brumadinho deadly dam burst, a senior state official said on Wednesday.
$1 = 5.28 reais Reporting by Marta Nogueira Editing by Chris Reese