In 2017, the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued a failure mode alert: stress corrosion cracking (SCC-CO2) triggered by the presence of CO2 in high-pressure pre-salt conditions had been identified as the cause of broken tensile armor wires on a certain flexible pipe installation. Relatively common in other applications where carbon steel is subject to... Continue Reading →
Rodolfo Saboia is the new director general of the ANP
Rodolfo Saboia took office on 23/12 as director general of the ANP. He was approved in the plenary of the Federal Senate and will occupy, in a four-year term, the vacancy left by Décio Oddone, who resigned in March of this year. Since the departure of Décio Oddone until yesterday, when his term officially ended,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes redemption of Global Notes
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on December 18, 2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF) concluded today the financial settlement of the early redemption of the 3.750% Global Notes, 5.375% Global Notes and 8.375% Global Notes, maturing in 2021, and of the 6.125% Global Notes... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract to sell onshore fields in Bahia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today with Petrorecôncavo S.A. a contract for the assignment of its entire stake in 12 onshore exploration and production fields, denominated Remanso Cluster, located in the state of Bahia. The sale value is US$ 30 million, being (i) US$ 4 million paid on the present date;... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts non-binding phase of Bahia Terra Cluster
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 4, 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase, referring to the sale of all of its stakes in a set of 28 onshore production field concessions, with integrated facilities, located in the Recôncavo and Tucano Basins, in different municipalities of the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract for sale of BSBios
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on December 18, 2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio) signed today with the company RP Participações em Biocombustíveis S.A. a contract for the sale of all its shares (50% of the company's capital) issued by BSBios Indústria e Comércio... Continue Reading →
Petrobras concludes sale of Liquigás
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press releases disclosed on 11/19/2019 and 11/18/2020 informs that it has concluded today the sale of the totality of its stake in Liquigás Distribuidora S.A. (Liquigás) to Copagaz - Distribuidora de Gás S.A. (Copagaz) and Nacional Gás Butano Distribuidora Ltda. (Nacional Gás). After fulfilling all the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to take over BP block operation in Foz do Amazonas
Petrobras will take over the operation of block FZA-M-59, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, and will be the main operator responsible for the areas contracted in deep waters in the region in 2013, in the 11th round. The information is from the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANP), which approved the change... Continue Reading →
MODEC develops new offshore repair method for FPSO hulls
Japan’s FPSO specialist MODEC in December 2020 obtained approval by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the new offshore repair method for hull structures of floating oil and gas production facilities such as floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels as an original standard repair method. Diagram of new offshore repair method; Source: MODEC... Continue Reading →
Petrobras rationalizes international presence
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it will rationalize its international presence in 2021, considering the three main oil markets in the world - Europe, North America and Asia. In this way, it will concentrate its commercial operations outside Brazil in the offices in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Houston, United States, and Singapore. The initiative... Continue Reading →