LATIN LIFT-OFF - Petrobras started producing its massive Tupi field via an extended well test in May, less than three years after finding this pre-salt gem. Buoyed by strike after strike in the pre-salt, Brazil is setting a brisk deepwater drilling and development pace despite the current global economic jitters. Jennifer Pallanich reviews recent offshore activities here and elsewhere in Latin America.: Fid-Bau Portal

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LATIN LIFT-OFF - Petrobras started producing its massive Tupi field via an extended well test in May, less than three years after finding this pre-salt gem. Buoyed by strike after strike in the pre-salt, Brazil is setting a brisk deepwater drilling and development pace despite the current global economic jitters. Jennifer Pallanich reviews recent offshore activities here and elsewhere in Latin America.

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LATIN LIFT-OFF - Petrobras started producing its massive Tupi field via an extended well test in May, less than three years after finding this pre-salt gem. Buoyed by strike after strike in the pre-salt, Brazil is setting a brisk deepwater drilling and development pace despite the current global economic jitters. Jennifer Pallanich reviews recent offshore activities here and elsewhere in Latin America.

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LATIN LIFT-OFF - Petrobras started producing its massive Tupi field via an extended well test in May, less than three years after finding this pre-salt gem. Buoyed by strike after strike in the pre-salt, Brazil is setting a brisk deepwater drilling and development pace despite the current global economic jitters. Jennifer Pallanich reviews recent offshore activities here and elsewhere in Latin America.

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LATIN LIFT-OFF - Petrobras started producing its massive Tupi field via an extended well test in May, less than three years after finding this pre-salt gem. Buoyed by strike after strike in the pre-salt, Brazil is setting a brisk deepwater drilling and development pace despite the current global economic jitters. Jennifer Pallanich reviews recent offshore activities here and elsewhere in Latin America.

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Pallanich, Jennifer (author)

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Offshore engineer

Publication date:

2009

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Article (Journal)

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Print

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English

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BKL: 38.00 Geowissenschaften: Allgemeines / 56.00 / 38.00 / 56.00 Bauwesen: Allgemeines
Local classification TIB: 275/4960

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