Orseal supplied the valve package for the FPSO Guanabara MV31, chartered by Petrobras for the Libra consortium's Mero field in the Santos Basin off Brazil. The first valve delivery has been completed, with more contracts for the vessel to follow.

Orseal has completed delivery of the first of two valve package contracts for the FPSO Guanabara MV31 at the Mero field in the Libra block, Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The report is dated 16 October 2019.

Orseal, an industrial valve solutions provider, has completed delivery of the first of two valve package contracts for the FPSO Guanabara MV31, to be deployed in 2021 at the Mero field in Brazil's Santos Basin.

Weatherford has won its largest-ever contract for deep-set safety valves from Petrobras, to deliver 24 Optimax safety valves over the next four years. The valves are rated up to 10,000 psi and setting depths down to 12,000 ft.

Aker Solutions is developing low-cost wet Christmas trees at its Parana plant, designed to be up to 30% more competitive, with the project developed with Shell and Petrobras and expected to be ready in two years.

Aker Solutions celebrated delivery of the first subsea equipment for Equinor's North Sea operations under a contract for 124 subsea modules worth R$1.7 billion, of which R$100 million is executed at its Sao Jose dos Pinhais plant in Parana, Brazil.

Ebara Corp has merged its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiaries Thebe Bombas Hidráulicas and Ebara Indústrias Mecânicas e Comércio into a new company, Ebara Bombas América do Sul. The restructuring was reported in September 2018.

Velan's subsidiary Velan ABV will supply over 1,500 API 6D and API 6A valves to MODEC for the MV30 Carioca FPSO deployed at the Sépia field offshore Brazil, worth USD 18 million.

Pump and valve maker KSB plans to concentrate its industrial activities at its existing Jundiaí unit in Brazil, with the plan expected to be realised by 2021. Investment details have not been disclosed.

Velan won contracts to supply API 6D and API 6A valves to MODEC Offshore Production Systems for the MV30 Carioca FPSO deployed at the Sépia field in Brazil's Santos Basin, with delivery scheduled by early 2019. The order is valued at $18 million.

Emerson installed a new production line at its ASCOVAL plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to assemble TopWorx valve controllers for South American customers, shortening delivery times.

Fluxo Soluções, a Brazilian distributor, obtained a new CRCC supplier certificate from Petrobras, dated December 2017, to represent the Masoneilan and Consolidated valve brands of Baker Hughes in Brazil's oil and gas market.

German company Vogelsang will open a plant in São Leopoldo, Brazil, in the second half of 2018 for effluent pump parts, investing about R$3 million in construction plus R$1.5 million for land, and expanding production capacity of Beto Bombas.

Metso signed four new distribution agreements for its valve products in Brazil, with distributors including Loopserv and ERC, announced October 12, 2017.

Danfoss plans to invest US$3.3 million more in its Caxias do Sul plant in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, before the end of 2018, to nationalize pumps and motors and raise local content.