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(Reuters) - Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem (BRKM5.SA) said on Tuesday its Mexican subsidiary Braskem Idesa has reached a new gas supply agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) (PEMX.UL) to settle pendencies between the companies and build a new ethane terminal. According to a securities filing, the new terminal for ethane imports would fulfill Idesa's needs for the raw... Continue Reading →
Oslo-listed oil and gas company BW Energy, responding to press speculation, said Monday it had not made any formal decision to buy any of Brazil-based Petrobras' assets. BW Energy said it had noted the press speculation regarding the possibility of BW Energy acquiring the Golfinho field in Brazil, which Petrobras has put up for sale.... Continue Reading →
Harbour Energy will exit its exploration license interests in the Ceará basin off northeast Brazil and in the Burgos basin offshore Mexico. The company, formed last year from the merger between Chrysaor and Premier Oil, said its exploration strategy was to focus mainly on infrastructure-led, lower risk opportunities in areas where the company already has a producing... Continue Reading →
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) this week approved a resolution that deals with procedures for presenting guarantees and instruments that ensure the decommissioning of production facilities in oil and gas fields in the country. The presentation of these financial guarantees was already foreseen in the exploration and production contracts. The agency's new resolution brings more... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/25/2020, informs that it concluded, on this date, the sale of its 40% interest in the company GNL Gemini Comercialização e Logística de Gás Ltda. (GásLocal) to White Martins Gases Industriais Ltda. (White Martins), ending the controversies arising from the activities of the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) has delivered notices to the holders of the outstanding 4.250% Global Notes due 2023 (“4.250% Notes”) and 4.375% Global Notes due 2023 (“4.375% Notes” and, together with the 4.250% Notes, the “Notes”) announcing the redemption prices for... Continue Reading →
(TN) Porto do Açu became the first port in Brazil to receive EcoPorts certification, the sector's main certification initiative. The seal, obtained this week, incorporates the main internationally recognized environmental management standards, such as ISO 14001. One of the network's objectives is to standardize good environmental management practices in the port sector through cooperation and... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) PetroRio defined the contracting of the drilling service for the Frade and Wahoo projects, in the Campos Basin. The start of the campaign is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Instead of the original proposal to close a single package, the oil company opted to split the process into three different businesses, hiring... Continue Reading →
(Portos e Navios) Wilson Sons signed a contract with TotalEnergies EP Brasil for logistical support for the drilling campaign in Block C-M-541, located in the Campos Basin. The project will be served by Base Rio, the Company's offshore support base, located in the port region of Rio de Janeiro, in Guanabara Bay. TotalEnergies expanded its... Continue Reading →
The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved a resolution that will reduce the collection of royalties for small and medium-sized oil companies operating in the country. With the new standard, the new percentages charged will be 5% for small companies and 7.5% for medium companies. As is to be expected, the measure is... Continue Reading →
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