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(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) on Tuesday announced it would increase refinery gate gasoline prices, as its board of directors prepares to vote on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pick for the chief executive role. In a statement on its website, Petroleo Brasileiro SA said it would hike gasoline prices by an average... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) is pressing for the immediate suspension of the sale of Petrobras assets and asked the Ministers of the Civil House, Rui Costa (PT), and Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira (PSD), to negotiate with the current administration to stop the ongoing negotiations. They also ask that any preparatory acts... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts disclosed on April 9, 2021, April 13 and 27, 2022, informs that it received today, up front, from TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda (TotalEnergies), the amount of R$ 313 million, regarding the complement of the firm compensation (earnout) for fiscal year 2022, related to the... Continue Reading →
Over the past three years, the majority of U.S. energy companies have avoided spending big to expand production in the aftermath of the 2020 oil crisis, prioritizing returning more cash to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. Most oil and gas companies have only announced small increases in their capital spending for... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- The conflict between Brazil’s ambitions to become a more responsible environmental steward while also ramping up lucrative oil exports has turned into an early test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Off the coast of northern Brazil where the Amazon River enters into the South Atlantic, state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Jean Paul Prates, nominated by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to head state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), has been meeting with members of his Workers Party to confirm decisions about the new senior management for the company, four sources familiar with the matter said. The meetings highlight that the leftist party,... Continue Reading →
EDP, a company that operates throughout the Brazilian electricity sector chain, launched in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, its green hydrogen production plant as part of the Pecém Research & Development project H2V, which had an investment of R$ 42 million. In December, the company had already generated the country's first green hydrogen molecule at... Continue Reading →
Enauta released this week an update on the reserves of the Atlanta and Manati fields, based on December 31, 2022. According to the company, its 2P reserves (proven and probable) reached 168 million barrels of oil equivalent by the end of 2022 – an increase of 50.3 million barrels of oil equivalent compared to December... Continue Reading →
Italian offshore engineering and construction company Saipem announced two offshore contracts worth $900 million in total. First, together with Aker Solutions, Saipem won a contract with the French oil major TotalEnergies in Brazil for the recently sanctioned Lapa Southwest (LAPA SW) Development project. Lapa Southwest is a deepwater oil field in the Santos Basin in the... Continue Reading →
Tenaris and Petrobras signed a three-year supply contract for corrosion-resistant alloy (CRA) pipes for offshore operations in Brazilian pre salt. The contract provides for the supply of pipes produced with CRA materials and finished with premium connections. The products will be manufactured in Sweden in partnership with Alleima and threaded at the Tenaris facility in... Continue Reading →
