May 6, 2020 Petrobras received approval from the regulatory authority for the acquisition of a slice of Norwegian Equinor's operations in two exploration blocks in the Espírito Santo Basin. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) gave unrestricted endorsement to the businesses, which involve the ES-M-598 and ES-M-673 blocks, according to an order published in... Continue Reading →
Oil prices will not return to $ 60 a barrel, says Castello Branco CEO of Petrobras
May 6, 2020 Petrobras President Roberto Castello Branco said on Tuesday that he expects the global economic recovery to proceed slowly after the new coronavirus pandemic. Given this, he does not believe that oil prices will return to the level of $ 60 or $ 70 a barrel. "The adjustment mechanism [of the industry to... Continue Reading →
Permanent Offer – ANP approves the inclusion of new blocks
May 6, 2020 The Collective Board of ANP approved in Deliberative Circuit No. 411, of April 6, 2020, the final versions of the revision of the public notice and the new model of contract for the Permanent Offer. The final versions were sent to the Federal Audit Court (TCU), under the terms of Normative Instruction... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has support from Odebrecht to leave Braskem via the capital markets, says CEO
May 06, 2020 Petrobras obtained support from Odebrecht to transform Braskem into a company with no defined control, thus facilitating a future sale of its stake in the petrochemical company via the capital markets, said the president of the oil company, Roberto Castello Branco on Tuesday. The executive considered, however, that it is necessary to... Continue Reading →
Fitch lowers Brazil outlook to ‘negative’ as crisis deepens
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday lowered its outlook on Brazil’s credit rating to negative from stable, the latest indication of the severe economic and financial damage being wrought on Latin America’s largest economy by the coronavirus pandemic. Maintaining its “junk-status” BB-minus sovereign credit rating, Fitch said Brazil’s economy is on course to shrink 4% this year... Continue Reading →
Petrobras plans to acquire Equinor stake in block ES-M-596, in the Espírito Santo Basin
May 5, 2020 Petrobras asked Cade for authorization to acquire Equinor's stake in block ES-M-596, in deep waters of the Espírito Santo Basin. The block is operated by the state company with a 50% stake, in partnership with the Norwegian company, which holds the remaining 50%. Source: PetroleoHoje
Petrobras on Petros Plan
May 5, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on March 10, related to the New Deficit Equation Plan (New Plan) of the Renegotiated and Non-Renegotiated Petrobras System Petros plans (PPSP-R and PPSP-NR), informs that obtained the approval by the Secretariat for Coordination and Governance of State-Owned Companies (SEST)... Continue Reading →
ANP Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production – March 2020
May 5, 2020 ANP published the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production with detailed data for March 2020. This month, 3,739 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day) were produced, of which 2,973 MMbbl / d ( million barrels per day) of oil and 122 MMm3 / d (million m3... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Gaspetro’s divestment
May 04, 2020 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on March 18 , 2020, regarding the sale of its entire 51% stake in Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), informs the reopening of the analysis and qualification phase for potential buyers, which will extend until May 15, 2020. The adjusted... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on wind farm sales
May 04, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on January 31 , 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of all of its shares in the companies Eólica Mangue Seco 1 and Eólica Mangue Seco 2, owners of wind farm generation plants. The company... Continue Reading →