During the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), an event that brought together this week, in Houston (USA), the main global players in the world's naval and oil & gas markets, bilateral meetings were held involving Brazilian companies potential suppliers of products and services from the sector.

One of these events was the 'Maritime Industries Connections - Brazil Offshore Energy Sector Roundtable Business Meeting - Brazilian Shipyards Map', an initiative of the Brazilian Institute of Oil and Gas (IBP) and Petrobras, with support from Apex Brasil, BNDES and Sinaval. The objective of the meeting, which brought together the main Brazilian and international shipyards, was to establish partnerships and create solutions to serve the Brazilian offshore market. The meeting brought together 36 companies from Brazil and 18 from other countries, as well as sector entities. Tenenge and Enseada, companies from the Novonor Group, were present at the event.

The Vice-President of Sinaval, Mauricio Almeida, who is also president of the Board of Directors of Estaleiro Enseada and General Director of Tenenge, was one of the speakers at the opening of the event.

On the occasion, Almeida spoke about the Brazilian and global naval industry, in particular about how to improve industrial productivity and business and economic competitiveness for the expansion of the sector. 'In the shipbuilding and offshore sector, the first competition is between nations, then between shipyards. In recent years, we have observed some countries using state banks to grant almost unlimited credit to shipyards and carrying out swap operations, converting debt into equity, as a way of subsidizing Asian shipyards, unbalancing the parameters of competitiveness in the sector,' said Almeida.

The CEO of Estaleiro Enseada, Ricardo Ricardi, believes that this was a great opportunity to strengthen national shipyards. 'The promotion of this event was a clear demonstration that the Brazilian industry is looking for the necessary means to serve the offshore area. And we are well positioned for that', he assesses.

In the final part of the event, a business roundtable was held, in which all companies present had the opportunity to exchange information and establish connections with a view to potential partnerships.

The meeting was attended by the president of IBP, Roberto Ardenghy, the director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation at Petrobras, Carlos Jose Travassos, and the president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, as well as directors of entities and companies in the sector.

Contact:

Joao Paulo Carvalho

Tel: (11) 94524-2355

Email: press@novonor.com

Rafael Italiani

Tel: (11) 98964-4711

Email: novonor@loures.com.br

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