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Aug. 26 (OE) Petrobras has signed a two-year contract for the Normand Valiant construction support vessel (CSV), owned by Solstad Maritime (SOMA). The contract is expected to start in fourth quarter 2026 in direct continuation of the current agreement and subsequent class renewal. The vessel will provide accommodation services to support production activities on the... Continue Reading →
Aug. 24 (PN) Petrobras's board met last week and reached a decision that could alter the course of one of the sector's most anticipated projects. Due to discussions surrounding the "gas release" program, the company deemed it prudent to hit the brakes and reevaluate the export pipeline project for the Sergipe Deepwater (SEAP) development, anccording... Continue Reading →
Aug. 23 (oilprice.com) Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex and Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras are joining efforts and expertise to drill prospects in Mexican waters in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to unlock huge oil resources from source rock formations that are miles deeper and eight times older than the currently producing formations in the... Continue Reading →
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil discovery in an exploratory well in a controversial offshore frontier off the Amazon coast last week has handed President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a fresh boost for his reelection campaign, helping him burnish his pro-development credentials in a region that could prove crucial in electing a friendly Senate.... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, August 21, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has submitted an expression of interest in exploration blocks located in offshore areas of the Keta Basin, in Ghana, a country on the west coast of Africa. The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition of Ghana has approved the application... Continue Reading →
Aug. 20 - Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO, the fifth to be installed in the Mero field in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached peak production, at 180,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). Mero is the third largest producing field in Brazil, after Búzios and Tupi. “Each unit that reaches the maximum production level envisaged in the project not only contributes to the... Continue Reading →
Aug 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's largest thermal power plant, GNA II, said on Wednesday its operations have been interrupted since August 10 after a failure in the steam turbine circuit breaker affected the unit's step-up transformer. The gas-fired plant is located in the Acu port in Rio de Janeiro and has 1.7 gigawatts of installed... Continue Reading →
Aug 19 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that, on August 18, 2026, it received resignation letters from Mr. Mateus Tessler, from the positions of member of the Board of Directors and Coordinator and member of the... Continue Reading →
Aug. 18 - Petrobras has filed a request to drill three wells with the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) for an environmental license to advance its oil and natural gas exploration campaign in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. This area is located along the Equatorial Margin, off the coast of... Continue Reading →
Aug. 18 (offshore-energy.biz) Ecopetrol Investimentos do Brasil, a wholly owned subsidiary of Colombia’s state-owned oil and gas company Ecopetrol, has broadened its presence in Brazil’s energy sector by acquiring a controlling stake in local oil and gas producer Brava Energia. In a step that strengthens its growth platform in Brazil, Ecopetrol has completed the acquisition of a... Continue Reading →
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