Petrobras lets onshore drilling contracts
Petrobras let contracts to EBS Perfurações and Conterp for new drilling rigs to expand onshore oil and gas production in Brazil's state of Bahia.
The contracted rigs will participate in the next onshore drilling campaign from September 2025 to June 2029. EBS will provide drilling services for onshore wells with a depth of up to 5,000 m, while Conterp will be responsible for drilling wells with a depth of up to 4,000 m.
The contracts, valued at about $122 million in total, were signed in January this year.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).