SchlumbergerSema, the IT business segment of Schlumberger Ltd. [NYSE:SLB] is investing in a new satellite teleport facility in Macae, Brazil, to enhance remote communications between offshore vessels and land-based offices in Latin America.

The teleport will provide secure data traffic among national and international sites and will allow private and corporate networks to communicate with remote sites where there is no telecommunication infrastructure in place.

The new Macae teleport facility will serve the DeXa.Net Oil Partnering Network, an online collaborative community for oil and gas companies to facilitate joint exploration and production projects in strategic petroleum fields around the world.