April 8, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors approved the creation of an Incentive Retirement Program (PAI), a new severance program aimed at employees eligible for retirement effective until 12/31/2023. The Board also approved adjustments for incentives to join the three Voluntary Severance Programs (PDVs) of the company: (i)... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on 1Q20 results
April 7, 2020 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it will release its quarterly production and sales report on April 27th and its financial statements report on May 14th,after the markets close. The company will held two webcasts (Portuguese and English) to present the results, according to the schedule below: May 15, 2020... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the 2020 General Shareholders’ Meeting
April 7, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, in view of the current situation arising from the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and the restrictions imposed or recommended by the WHO and the authorities regarding displacement and meetings of people, the Company's Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the cancellation of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on S&P global rating perspective
April 7, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that S&P Global Ratings Agency (S&P) has changed the company's global credit rating outlook from positive to stable, and has kept the risk level (rating) of corporate debt at "BB-". Yesterday the agency revised Brazil's global credit rating outlook to stable due to the impact of... Continue Reading →
Chinese Refiners Buy Rare North Sea, Guyana Crude at Low Prices
Chinese independent refiners have snapped up rare crude grades from the North Sea and Guyana at low prices in an oversupplied market after the coronavirus pandemic destroyed demand, four sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The North Sea grades bought included Balder, Flotta, and Chestnut crude, while Guyana's Liza crude was sold... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on oil production in April
April 7, 2020 Petrobras informs that it approved a level of oil production in Brazil for April of 2.07 million barrels per day (bpd). This new monthly production forecast already includes the reductions announced on 3/26/2020 and 4/1/2020. Thus, there will be a daily monitoring of the production projection, increasing or decreasing the constraints to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on new oil discovery in Campos Basin
April 7, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of oil in a exploratory well of the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block, located in the Campos Basin. The well, informally called Natator, is located 130 km from the city of Macaé (RJ), in water depths of 1,080 meters, with... Continue Reading →
PetroRio March 2020 Operational Data
April 6, 2020 Petro Rio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of March. 1. January figures account for a 70% stake in the Frade Field. The acquisition of the remaining 30% stake – announced on November 28,... Continue Reading →
Low bidder revealed for seismic survey to cover Parque das Baleias and Golfinho fields
6 April 2020 Netherlands-based Seabed Geosolutions has submitted the lowest bid in a Petrobras tender to contract proprietary seismic surveys for the Parque das Baleias and Golfinho fields off Brazil.
ANP Releases Comprehensive February Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin
03 April 2020, ANP published the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production with detailed data for February 2020. This month, 3,783 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day) were produced, of which 2,972 MMbbl / d (million barrels per day) of oil and 129 MMm3 / d (million m3 per... Continue Reading →