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- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A - Petrobras informs that its CEO Jean Paul Terra Prates has indicated 2 new members for the composition of the Executive Board: Chief Institutional Relations and Sustainability Officer, Mrs. Clarice Coppetti; Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, Mr. Sergio Caetano Leite. The nominations will be submitted to the internal procedures of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday unveiled corruption charges against a Connecticut oil and gas trader and a second man over their alleged roles in a bribery scheme to win business from Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA). The Department of Justice said that between 2010 and 2018, Glenn Oztemel, 64, of Westport, Connecticut, and Eduardo... Continue Reading →
(WO) — Karoon, an international oil and gas exploration and production company, has reached a final total depth of 2,382 m at its Neon-1 control well offshore Brazil. The well spudded on Jan. 23; wireline logging of the target sections is currently underway. Neon-1 was drilled into the down-dip southern flank of the Neon discovery,... Continue Reading →
(OM) Offshore exploration and production capex shook off the COVID-19 pandemic-induced declines of the past two years to rebound by 21% in 2022, reaching a total $165 billion spent on exploration, wells and facilities. This is slightly less than half the all-time high for offshore E&P investment of $332 billion, set in 2014 at a... Continue Reading →
A new giant of the seas will soon come into operation. The FPSO Almirante Barroso left this week from the BrasFELS shipyard heading for the Buzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The FPSO has been at the shipyard since October last year for commissioning activities and final acceptance tests. The vessel was converted in... Continue Reading →
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) recently approved the sale of Petrobras' stake in the Capixaba Norte Cluster to Seacrest Petróleo. As a reminder, the transaction was announced in February 2022, for a total of US$ 544 million. The Capixaba Norte Cluster comprises four onshore fields: Cancã, Fazenda Alegre, Fazenda São Rafael and Fazenda Santa Luzia.... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), following best practices in Corporate Governance informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for January 2023. Source 3R Petroleum (1) Refers to the 35% Interest held by 3R in Pescada Cluster concessions. (2) In January, approximately 70% of... Continue Reading →
Vast Infraestrutura (formerly Açu Petróleo) announced the signing of a contract to carry out oil transshipment operations for PRIO at the Port of Açu. The agreement will last for three years and will make it possible to export PRIO's production in Albacora Leste, in the Campos Basin, using Suezmax and VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier)... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The oil companies returned to the Union three more exploratory blocks, acquired in the cycle of the major post-2017 oil and gas auctions, according to preliminary data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). Highlight for Saturno, in the Santos Basin, purchased in 2018, in the 5th sharing round, by... Continue Reading →
Norway’s offshore engineering contractor Aker Solutions has revealed that its subsidiary CSE in Brazil was subjected to a cyber attack, which impacted its IT systems. While confirming the cyber-attack late on Tuesday, 14 February 2023, Aker Solutions said it was working to contain and neutralise the attack. However, the firm underlined that it was not... Continue Reading →
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