Yards bidding for Petrobras drill rigs tender

The Brazilian units of Singapore’s Jurong and Keppel shipyards, Atlantico Sul and Eisa shipyards, and Brazilian construction groups Andrade Guiterrez, Odebrecht, UTC, OAS and Alusa bid for contracts to build the rigs in Brazil in lots of two or seven, Petrobras said in a statement.

The bid prices for the rigs, which will be capable of drilling in waters in depths of 3,000m or more, ranged from an average of $664.3 million for each of the seven rigs from Eisa in Rio de Janeiro to an average of $1.07 billion for each of two rigs from Andrade Guitierrez. Petrobras is buying and leasing drill rigs to explore for oil in and around giant new fields in deepwater in the Santos and Campos Basins near Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Between 20% and 50% of the value of the projects will have to come from Brazilian goods and services. Keppel bid $748.9 million for each of the rigs in the two-rig contract and $738.9 million for each rig in the seven-rig tender. Jurong bid $820 million for each unit in the two-rig contract and $739.8 million for each rig in the seven-rig contract.