Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Fact disclosed on May 22, 2024, informs that the Court of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (”CADE”) and Petrobras signed an addendum to the Terms of Cessation Commitment (”TCC”) for Refining, signed in 2019, through which new obligations were agreed involving the activities carried out... Continue Reading →
Transpetro carries out unprecedented oil transshipment operation at the Port of Itaqui (MA)
(TN) On June 29th and 30th, Transpetro carried out the first oil transfer operation between ships (Ship to Ship) at the Port of Itaqui, in Maranhão. The company was already transshipping diesel and gasoline at the São Luís Terminal. With the operation, the Port of Itaqui returns to handling oil after 40 years, which demonstrates... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about transfer of minority stake in UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA)
Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on February 23, 2024, in which it reported the signing of the contract for the sale of its 18.8% stake in the share capital of UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA) to Ambar Energia S.A., announces today that it has closed the transaction. This transaction was carried out by Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Brazil National Production of oil and natural gas increased in May and reached 4.234 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d)
(TN) ANP released today (2/7) the Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin for May 2024, which provides consolidated data on national production. This month, there was an increase in oil and natural gas production, and also in pre-salt production.Total production (oil + natural gas) was 4.234 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).Regarding... Continue Reading →
Petrobras (PBR) Puts Off the Barracuda-Caratinga FPSO Tender
(Zack's) Petrobras PBR, the state-controlled oil company in Brazil, has once again delayed the bid submission deadline for chartering a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel aimed at revitalizing operations in the Barracuda-Caratinga field within the Campos Basin. This recurring postponement reflects PBR's ongoing challenges in garnering sufficient interest from floater companies for its bidding... Continue Reading →
Enauta Cancels Acquisition of FPSO Cidade de Santos from MODEC
(OE) Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has terminated the contract to acquire the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit Cidade de Santos from MODEC, announced in relation with the acquisition of Uruguá and Tambaú fields from Petrobras. In December 2023, Enauta entered into $48.5 million agreement with MODEC to buy the FPSO Cidade... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces redemption of 4.750% global notes due 2025
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) has delivered notices of redemption to the holders of the outstanding 4.750% Global Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The redemption date for the Notes will be July 29, 2024 (“Redemption Date”). The redemption price for the Notes... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about contract with Unigel
Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on December 29, 2023 and February 5, 2024, informs that the contract for Industrialization to Order (Tolling) signed with Unigel Group, signed on December, 29,2023, did not have its conditions of effectiveness met within the established period (June, 27, 2024) and, therefore, had its validity ended even before... Continue Reading →
Transocean drillship embarks on maiden gig with Petrobras in Brazil
(Offshore-energy.biz) Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has gotten down to business in Brazil, where its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship set the ball rolling on its inaugural drilling assignment with the country’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras. Following a purchase agreement at the end of 2022 for the acquisition of the Deepwater Aquila (ex-West Aquila) drillship for $200 million from Hanwha Ocean,... Continue Reading →
MODEC and Terra Drone Join Forces for FPSO Drone Inspections
(OE) MODEC and Terra Drone Corporation have entered into a joint research and development agreement to enhance inspection drones for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed by the companies in November 2023. Since, MODEC has continuously utilized Terra Drone’s drone technology to measure the hull thickness... Continue Reading →