(PN) Foresea has 100% of its fleet contracted and had operational uptime (operation quality index) of 98.2% in 2023, the highest in the Brazilian market. According to the CEO of Foresea, Rogério Ibrahim, the drilling sector should remain at a very competitive level in 2024, with increased demands and a stabilization of the tariff recovery experienced... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about the closure of the Metanor sale process
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, in continuity with the Material Fact disclosed on October 27, 2022, informs that, observing the applicable internal governance, the closure of the competitive process for the full sale of Petrobras' stake, corresponding to 50% of the voting capital and 34.54% of the total capital, in the company METANOR S/A -... Continue Reading →
Petrobras CEO to name new management team on Friday
(Reuters) - The chief executive of Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab, Magda Chambriard, is expected to announce the firm's new management team later on Friday, newspaper O Globo reported. Current executive officers Clarice Coppetti, Mauricio Tolmasquim, Claudio Schlosser and Mario Spinelli would retain their positions under Chambriard, who was appointed last month... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Lula Backs Petrobras Bid to Explore Offshore Equatorial Margin
(Reuters) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday threw his weight behind a push by state-run oil company Petrobras to explore the environmentally sensitive offshore Equatorial Margin, saying Brazil cannot give up such an opportunity. The offshore region along the northern coast is seen as Brazil's most promising frontier for oil exploration as it... Continue Reading →
Enauta Stops Production at Atlanta Field as Anchoring of New FPSO Enters Final Phase
(OE) Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has decided to stop production from the Petrojarl I floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) to perform modifications related to selected equipment maintenance after inspections at the process plant at the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil. According to Enauta, Atlanta field production is expected to be resumed in the... Continue Reading →
Solstad Offshore Scoops $240M in Contracts with Petrobras
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured multiple contracts with Petrobras, whose combined value is approximately $240 million (NOK 2.6 billion). The contracts are scheduled to start in the second half of 2024 and first half of 2025. Petrobras has contracted the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Poseidon and two anchor handling tug... Continue Reading →
Update of the value of dividends and interest on equity per share for the 1Q24 – Petrobras
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following the Material Fact of 05/13/2024, informs that, as a result of the share buyback program, there was a change in the number of treasury shares. Thus, the gross value of dividends and interest on equity per share to be paid based on the balance sheet as of March 31,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras and Shearwater Join Forces for Seismic Tech R&D
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras and seismic acquisition company Shearwater Geoservices have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint development and execution of scientific research and technology innovation within seismic processing and acquisition focused on data quality, value and efficiency. The five-year agreement comes in addition to previously announced cooperations between the two companies... Continue Reading →
Brazilian fuel prices to rise due to new tax credit rules, energy lobby says
(Reuters) - New tax credit rules unveiled by Brazil's government are expected to lead to a rise in gasoline and diesel prices in the country, an energy lobby said on Monday, estimating their impact on fuel distributors to reach 10 billion reais ($1.86 billion). President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last week published an executive... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering signed new contracts with Petrobras to deliver 362km of umbilicals
Oceaneering announced this morning (10) that it had signed two new and important contracts with Petrobras, which provide for the supply of up to 362 kilometers of steel tube umbilicals and thermoplastic electro-hydraulic umbilicals. The agreements also include the supply of associated subsea distribution hardware for use in offshore projects in Brazil. Manufacturing of the... Continue Reading →