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In 1Q21, we kept a solid operating performance, even with the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The average production of oil, NGL and natural gas in 1Q21 was 2.77 MMboed, 3.1% higher than 4Q20, as P-70, installed in the Atapu field, continued to ramp-up, and due to lower losses with maintenance stoppages on... Continue Reading →
(TNPetroleo) Government representatives, MME's Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, and the director general of ANP, Rodolfo Saboia, defend the program for the sale of the Petrobras refineries. "We think that divestment in refining is fundamental to create the new market," said Coelho. The secretary argues that, without new investments in... Continue Reading →
( TNPetroleo) Pre-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) is holding an international bidding this Wednesday, the 28th, at 10 am, for the contracting of a trading agent for the Union share of oil from the Individualized Area of Tupi. The contract will run for five years and is expected to sell 4 million barrels of oil at an... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured a four-year firm contract with four one-year options, for the West Saturn drillship with Norwegian oil major Equinor in Brazil. Seadrill said on Tuesday that the contract was awarded by Equinor’s subsidiary Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda for work on the Bacalhau offshore field. The total value for the firm... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that will pay, on Thrusday, 04/29/2021, dividends referred to the 2020 fiscal year, based on shareholding position as of 04/14/2021, in connection to the Material Fact released on that date. The amount of dividends to be paid will be adjusted by Selic interest rate from 12/31/2020 to 04/29/2021 interest... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it will release its 1Q21 production and sales Report tomorrow, April 27, 2021 and its 1Q21 financial performance Report on May 13, 2021, both after the markets close. On May 14, 2021 two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to present... Continue Reading →
Oil production in Brazil fell 6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to National Petroleum Agency (ANP) figures seen by Reuters on Monday, led by a drop in output from state-run oil giant Petrobras. Brazil produced an average of about 2.8 million barrels per day in the first three months of the... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The English company Marin Holding International hired the law firm Luzone Legal, specialized in the business area and in the oil and gas sector, to sue Petrobras for possible losses arising from the services provided by the vessel, Vitoria 10,000. As a reminder, the case is one of the most emblematic in the oil... Continue Reading →
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, today announced successful first phase of its strategic deleveraging process that is expected to result in a significant debt reduction and an... Continue Reading →
On many levels, 2020 was a pretty horrific year, “a year like no other”, according to Mike Beveridge, managing director of energy investment firm Simmons Energy, a division of Piper Sandler. It’s easy to see why. A dip into a negative WTI contract prices, Brent troughing at $23/b – the indicators were all pretty grim.... Continue Reading →
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