Brazilian markets fell sharply on Wednesday, as stocks closed 8.5% lower and the real slid back toward its all-time low against the dollar after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Reflecting the scale of investors’ risk aversion, longer term market-based interest rates surged, implying the central bank will eventually be... Continue Reading →
Update: Equinor taps IKM Ocean Design for pipeline study in Brazil
IKM said on Tuesday that the scope had included a pipeline concept study for gas export from the BM-C-33 field to the coast of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. According to the company, this work will be a continuation of the IKM Ocean Design commitment to support Equinor’s major projects with innovative and... Continue Reading →
Plan to privatize PPSA – Pre Sal Petroleo S.A.?
Mar 11, 2020 There is a privatization plan for PPSA being discussed at the Ministry of Economy, led by Paulo Guedes, informs the Bloomberg agency. The state-owned company, which represents the Union in the pre-salt sharing contracts, would have been elected, along with Eletrobras, as the priority privatizations of 2020. - Still according to Bloomberg,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Petros Plan
March 10, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors deliberated on the New Deficit Equation Plan (New Plan) of the Renegotiated and Non-Renegotiated Petrobras System Petros plans (PPSP-R and PPSP-NR), managed by Petrobras Social Security Foundation - Petros and in compliance with CNPC Resolution No. 30/2018. The New Plan aims... Continue Reading →
Equinor Taps IKM for Pipeline Study Off Brazil
IKM Ocean Design has been awarded a pipeline study contract by Equinor for its ultra deepwater project in Brazil. The scope includes a pipeline concept study for gas export from the BM-C-33 field to the coast of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. “This work will be a continuation of the IKM Ocean Design... Continue Reading →
Brazil stocks post biggest fall since 1998, central bank intervenes twice in FX
Brazilian stocks plunged more than 12% on Monday to record their biggest fall since 1998 and the central bank intervened twice in the currency market as the real slumped to another record low, in a day of widespread fear and selling across global markets. The benchmark Bovespa index's 12.3% decline .BVSP was its biggest one-day fall since... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs agreement to sell onshore fields
March 9, 2020 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that today it signed an agreement with Eagle Exploração de Óleo e Gás Ltda. (Eagle) for the sale of 100% of its stakes in four onshore fields, located in the Tucano Basin, in the countryside of the state of Bahia, for US$ 3.01 million. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Suspends Offshore Wind Project
Mar 4, 2020 Petrobras decided to suspend the pilot project for offshore wind generation in the Ubarana field, in the Potiguar Basin, on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte. The decision was communicated to Ibama, responsible for the environmental licensing of the project, at the end of January. In a letter sent to the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs new amendment with YPFB for gas supply
March 6, 2020 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following the press release disclosed on December 30, 2019, reports that it has entered into a new amendmentto the natural gas supply agreement (GSA) with Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPFB). The amendment signed today refers to the volume of gas contracted in 1999, at the beginning of... Continue Reading →
Campo Sul do Gato do Mato, in the Santos Basin pre-salt has new composition
Mar 5, 2020 The board of the National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) approved the sale of 30% of the Sul do Gato do Mato field (Production Sharing Contract), in the Santos Basin pre-salt, to Ecopetrol. With the new distribution in this block, Shell now holds a 50% interest in the project (previously its... Continue Reading →