Caterpillar Global Petroleum has been awarded the contract from Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu to provide the diesel generator sets for the main and propulsion power, as well as the emergency power, for six drillships.
All six drillships are to be built at Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu shipyard in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The drillships were ordered by Sete Brasil, which has charter contracts with Petrobras for these vessels. The drillships are to be used in the Brazilian pre-salt ultra-deep layers drilling program. After construction, the rigs will be chartered by Petrobras for 15 years and will be operated by the drilling contractors Odebrecht Oil & Gas and Etesco.
Each of the six drillships will be powered by 6x 16CM32 main diesel generator sets and the emergency power will be provided by a 1 x 3516B generator set.
“We are pleased to be selected as the preferred power solutions provider by EEP for these new drillships,” said Antti Ekqvist, Caterpillar global business development manager for offshore oil and gas commented. “Our significant footprint in Brazil enables Caterpillar to not only package, test and assemble its power solutions, but also provide through our dealer, Sotreq S. A., superior product support and service during the operational lifetime of the vessels.”
The 16CM32 generator sets will be packaged and tested at the Caterpillar facility in Piracicaba to meet local content standards. Caterpillar's investment in the Piracicaba facility enables it to offer a wide range of main power, auxiliary and emergency generator sets to meet the Brazilian national content needs of the fast-growing Brazilian offshore oil and gas industry.
Cat generator sets are backed by the worldwide Cat dealer network with trained technicians to ensure service support. To learn more about comprehensive Cat solutions for the offshore industry, visit catoilandgasinfo.com.
Caterpillar Global Petroleum, Caterpillar Inc.’s oil and gas division with headquarters in Houston, groups all the sales and service activities for Cat oil and gas power solutions. Caterpillar provides power solutions with outputs from 31 to 16,000 kW.
