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(Reuters) - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was officially nominated by his Workers Party (PT) on Thursday to run on Oct. 2 against far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's most polarized election in decades. With a double-digit lead in opinion polls, a Lula victory would represent an astounding comeback by the former... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Ciro Gomes, a left-of-center former governor, kicked off Brazil's presidential election season on Wednesday, becoming the first candidate to officially announce his candidacy for the Oct. 2 vote. Gomes, 64, presented himself as an alternative to the polarized choice of far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro or Workers Party leader and former two-term president... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Economic advisers to Brazil's leading presidential candidate are drafting plans for a more aggressive foreign exchange policy, including more market interventions and tighter regulation of derivatives to curb volatility, senior aides told Reuters. Economist Pedro Rossi, who leads the team drafting currency policy for leftist former president and 2022 front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula... Continue Reading →
The company restarted the drilling of the wildcat well ES-M-596, in a water depth of 2,117 meters. As we reported, the original well (1-BRSA-1385-ESS) began to be drilled at the end of June. The drilling of the repeated well, named 1-BRSA-1385A-ESS, began yesterday (19). As the market knows, when the original well is lost, operators... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian fuel retailer Vibra Energia SA (VBBR3.SA) said on Wednesday that CEO Wilson Ferreira Junior has informed the board of directors he wants to quit the company, amid expectations he might be heading back to power giant Eletrobras (ELET6.SA). Vibra said in a securities filing that Ferreira's resignation comes as he wants to "pursue new professional... Continue Reading →
After curbed spending over the past two years, the oil and gas (O&G) sector is primed to get back into the game with high investments, putting contractors into a buoyant mode as the five-year offshore engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) spend is expected to total $276 billion, outlined Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 05/05/2022 and 06/20/2022, informs that it is carrying out today the payment of the 2nd installment of the remuneration to shareholders approved by its Board of Directors in a meeting held on 05/05/2022. The gross amount distributed today corresponds to dividends of R$... Continue Reading →
Japanese FPSO operator MODEC has seen its new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel set sail from China to Brazil to work in the pre-salt Santos Basin for the country’s energy giant Petrobras. Converted from a very large crude carrier (VLCC) and delivered by COSCO Shipping Dalian in China, the FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32 started its... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras will reduce gasoline prices at its refineries by about 5% on Wednesday, the state-run oil company said in a statement, its first price cut since late 2021, making analysts review projections for the country's inflation. Federal lawmakers and President Jair Bolsonaro have been putting intense pressure on the company's leadership to... Continue Reading →
CRP Subsea has secured several deepwater contracts to provide distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) in Brazil for undisclosed companies. The distributed buoyancy modules will be used to reduce top tension by maintaining a lazy wave configuration of the pipeline, reducing the risk of pipeline failure and increasing the lifetime of the field, CRP Subsea said. The... Continue Reading →
