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Vallourec Deutschland GmbH
Vallourec renews and reinforces its collaboration with Petrobras by signing new long-term agreements
In the framework of these 3 years
Long Term Agreements, Vallourec
will supply Petrobras’ operations
with premium seamless OCTG
products and associated accesso-
ries, with premium steel grades
and connections using state-of- thearttechnology,andspecial-combine several challenges
ized services.
The products and associated ser- vices will be used by Petrobras on its offshore Oil & Gas exploration and production wells, located at the important reservoirs of the pre-salt basin. The Petrobras pro- duction coming out from pre-salt area already represents more than 50% of Petrobras total production.
With these contracts, Vallourec consolidates its worldwide lead- ership in the supply of premium OCTG products for the Oil & Gas industry. Philippe Crouzet, Chair- man of Vallourec’s Management Board, declared: “Petrobras is one of the most productive oil companies in the world and oper-
besides the salt layer itself: well depths up to 7,000 meters, ultra-deepwater conditions with up to 2,000 meters between surface and seabed, acid corrosion caused by H2S and CO2 contami- nants, temperatures and pressures tending toward High Pressure/ High Temperature conditions in certain areas. Associating all these parameters together has an important impact on the explora- tion models, and on the require- ments for OCTG products able to withstand such a combination of mechanical, corrosive and thermal constraints.
Vallourec, through its sustained innovation capability, is able
Huge technical challenges ahead
The Brazilian pre-salt elds
Member News
Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, today announces it has signed new contracts for the supply of prod- ucts and services to the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras.
ates in pre-salt areas where the potential is huge. We are proud to have taken up the challenge once again, to answer the technolog- ical challenges of Petrobras. We are pleased to pursue our collabo- ration with this historical partner. We have been bold in supporting it with the best of our innovation and by proposing new services”.
to meet all these technological needs and will supply Petrobras with the most advanced seamless pipes for sour service using high alloyed material as well as the latest and unequalled advanced premium connections. Further on, specialized technical services have been developed over the last years in order to answer to new needs from our customer.
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