Baker Hughes has secured a contract extension with Petrobras to expand integrated well construction operations in Brazil’s pre-salt offshore oil and gas fields.
The extension builds on a well construction services award announced in early 2024. It will allow Baker Hughes to widen its work across the Santos Basin, covering several oilfields in one of Brazil’s key offshore producing areas.
The scope includes the use of Baker Hughes technologies across deepwater well construction, including the AutoTrak rotary steerable system, logging-while-drilling tools and Dynamus extended-life drill bits.
The equipment and services are intended to support access to subsurface reservoirs and help continue development of Brazil’s pre-salt oil and gas resources. The wider contract also increases the role of Baker Hughes’ integrated drilling solutions in the region.
The work will be carried out by Baker Hughes’ Integration & Solutions team together with Petrobras’ wells team. The companies will use a combined service package covering specialized drilling solutions, wireline, cementing, wellbore clean-up, fishing, remedial tools, fluids, services and geosciences.
Amerino Gatti, Executive Vice President of Oilfield Services & Equipment at Baker Hughes, said the project shows the strength of the company’s portfolio and its integrated project approach. He said combining technology with project management is helping raise efficiency and safety standards in well construction.
The extension follows a separate long-term agreement under which Baker Hughes will support Petrobras with critical turbomachinery equipment for offshore and refinery operations.
