French offshore seismic surveyor CGG has secured a two-part Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic imaging project by PXGEO over the Sapinhoá Shared Reservoir in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. "The resulting data will bring improved geological insight to the asset operator, Petrobras, to assist with better management of oil recovery and production development," CGG said. Peter... Continue Reading →
Brazil antitrust watchdog extends deadline for Petrobras to sell refineries
(Reuters) - Brazil antitrust watchdog CADE extended the deadline for Petrobras (PETR4.SA) to sell its refineries as part of obligations assumed by the company in an agreement to stimulate competition in the local oil refining market, the agency said on Wednesday. The new schedule for the sales was not disclosed by CADE in order not to prejudice... Continue Reading →
Brazil to increase oil production by 300,000 barrels per day to help stabilize the global energy market
Brazil will increase its oil production by 300,000 barrels a day by the end of the year to help stabilize global energy markets. The information was revealed today by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, during the opening ceremony of the Ministerial Meeting of the International Energy Agency (IEA), in Paris. The additional... Continue Reading →
Brazil Senate Committee Invites Petrobras CEO to Explain Dividend Policy
(Reuters) A Brazilian Senate committee on Tuesday approved an invitation to Petrobras Chief Executive Joaquim Silva e Luna to explain the state-run oil company's dividend policy, amid surging oil prices. The infrastructure committee also approved another request for a public hearing with oil industry experts. "We have seen successive increases in fuel prices in the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on PCBios liquidation
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on December 20, 2019, informs that was concluded the process of closing Participações em Complexos Bioenergéticos S.A. (PCBios), a company in which Petrobras held a 50% interest and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. held the other 50%. The dissolution and liquidation of PCBios were approved... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum is NOT a participant in the Petrobras Bahia Terra divestment
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, comes to clarify the veracity of the news entitled “Brazil’s Eneva, PetroReconcavo and 3R bid for Petrobras onshore fields, say sources”, published on March 22 on Reuters news platform (“news”). Contrary to the statement... Continue Reading →
Exxon estimates up to 1 billion barrels in Brazil oil prospect – Cutthroat well
(Reuters) - U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is drilling in a new area offshore of Brazil that could have as much as 1 billion barrels of oil and gas, its partner Murphy Oil said on Tuesday. If exploration is successful, it would be Exxon's first oil discovery in Brazil as an operator. Exxon leads the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on news regarding the Bahia Terra divestment
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news in the media regarding the sale of the onshore production fields, located in the Recôncavo and Tucano Basin, in the state of Bahia, jointly called Bahia Terra Cluster, clarifies that it received today new binding offers in the scope of this divestment process. The new... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore divests minority interest in FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão project
Following the announcement on November 30 2021, with respect to the signature of the contracts for FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has entered into a shareholder agreement with its long standing business partners Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). MC and NYK have acquired a respective... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Eneva, PetroReconcavo, 3R bid for Petrobras onshore fields Bahia Terra
(Reuters) - Brazilian energy companies Eneva SA (ENEV3.SA), PetroReconcavo SA (RECV3.SA) and 3R Petroleum Oleo e Gas SA (RRRP3.SA) are among the firms that submitted a binding offer on Tuesday for a cluster of onshore oilfields owned by state-run Petrobras(PETR4.SA), three sources with knowledge of the matter said. Eneva and PetroReconcavo jointly bid for the fields, known collectively as Polo... Continue Reading →