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Brazilian oil firm Enauta has said production from the Manati offshore field in Brazil was stopped preventively on Monday due to small gas leakage in the inland pipeline between the compression station and the gas treatment station. "The operator is assessing the causes of this incident, resumption still will be estimated. The Company will keep... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's central bank weighed accelerating the world's most aggressive monetary tightening, minutes from its last policy meeting showed on Tuesday, but uncertainty about a post-pandemic rebound led it to stay the course on 100-basis-point rate hikes. The minutes of the Sep. 21-22 meeting, when the bank raised its Selic policy rate to 6.25%,... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Eneva inaugurated the Azulão Gas Treatment Unit (UTG), which is part of the Azulão-Jaguatirica integrated project, in the city of Silves, in the interior of Amazonas. This is the first gas producing area in the Amazon Basin. Azulão was discovered by Petrobras in the 1990s and declared commercial in 2004, but had never produced.... Continue Reading →
(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 →
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