The five-year long contract will be carried out on a daily rate basis.
Under the contract, Subsea 7 will perform project management, engineering, and installation of the flexible lines and equipments supplied by Petrobras.
The PLSV Kommandor 3000 is a construction/flexlay vessel with a purpose built pipelay system to install flexible lines, umbilicals and equipment in up to 2,000m water depth and with a top tension capacity of 150t.
Subsea 7 Brazil senior vice president Victor Bomfim said the company has one of the most advanced vessel fleets in the world for subsea engineering and construction, and it look forward to support Petrobras in future developments.
The PLSV is expected to commence operations in 2013, while the vessel will be in dry-dock for about 90 days for maintenance.
