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June 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions located in the state of Alagoas. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF has secured long-term charters for a trio of anchor handling units with Petrobras in Brazil. DOF said Tuesday Petrobras had awarded its Skandi Urca and Skandi Fluminense vessels 2+2 year contracts with the start in September 2020. Continue reading
Jun 16, 2020 Ordinance No. 239 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) was published in the Official Gazette (DOU), which authorizes the ANP to enable the nine-month extension of the deadlines related to the Exploration provided for in contracts under the Production Sharing regime, in accordance with the conditions established in ANP Resolution... Continue Reading →
June 16, 2020 Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), in addition to the Material Fact of March 25, 2019, informs its shareholders that it has signed amendments to agreements with certain subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation (“Chevron”) to establish a new amortization schedule for the vendor finance associated with the acquisition of the 51.74%... Continue Reading →
Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has won a contract for two of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels from Brazilian oil company Petrobras. Solstad said on Tuesday that it won three-year contracts for the Far Sagaris and Far Statesman. Continue reading
Norwegian seismic acquisition company PGS has said that its Ramform Titan has completed a seismic survey project in Brazil, breaking a streamer spread record in the process. The company said Tuesday that it had completed the survey on the first two parts of a new long-offset GeoStreamer-X seismic survey in Campos Basin. Continue reading
June 15, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 05/13/2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of four thermal power plants, three of them located in Camaçari, in the state of Bahia and powered by fuel oil (UTEs Polo Camaçari), and one bi-fuel plant... Continue Reading →
BW’s floating storage and regasification unit has arrived at a new terminal in the Brazilian Port Acu to start its contract serving Gas Natural Acu’s LNG-to-power project. The FSRU BW Magna finally docked at the project’s regasification terminal on Friday. The vessel has been waiting offshore the port since January to get a green light to dock... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA has told shippers it will not hire any tankers that have visited Venezuela in the past 12 months, the state-controlled oil company said on Friday, signaling adherence to U.S. sanctions on the Latin American nation. The United States this year blacklisted oil tankers and shipping companies over their dealings with Venezuela,... Continue Reading →
June 12, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 03/13/2020 and 05/04/2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the joint sale, with Wobben Windpower Indústria e Comércio Ltda (Wobben), of all of its shares (51% Wobben and 49% Petrobras) in the companies Eólica Mangue Seco 3... Continue Reading →
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