Pioneer Consulting, a submarine fiber-optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, has been contracted by Blue Marine to provide consulting for the next phase of Petrobras’ Malha Óptica project offshore Brazil.
Pioneer is assisting development on the Project Santos Basin Malha Óptica, which started in 2021, and will advise on all aspects related to oil and gas telecom engineering, marine route survey, cable route engineering, quality and documentation, contractor and supplier management, and installation oversight for the Campos Basin project.
Pioneer also will provide synergies from its ongoing work and experience with the Santos Basin project and will also offer technical expertise on the repeaterless fiber-optic technology that will be implemented on this system, which includes remote optically pumped amplifiers and raman amplification.
The 440-km repeaterless trunk-and-branch system will link 12 oil and gas production platforms, with two cable landing stations in Brazil’s Anchieta, Espirito Santo and Barra do Furado, Rio de Janeiro. The company says the system will provide Petrobras with connectivity to future platforms, and it will leverage repeaterless technology and new cable jointing developments to modernize telecommunications in the Campos Basin oil and gas exploration frontier.
The system is expected to be ready for service by early 2025.
