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October 30, 2019 The new oil auctions to be held by the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) should generate demand for the installation of 50 to 60 new offshore platforms. The information was highlighted by the director general of the agency, Décio Oddone, during breakfast at OTC Brasil 2019. “All of this... Continue Reading →
Repsol Sinopec Brasil considers the terms of the country’s huge “transfer-of-rights” oil auction next week unattractive, which is a main reason it is not among the 14 firms registered for a chance to bid, the firm’s top Brazil executive said on Tuesday. Asked on the sidelines of Rio de Janeiro’s Offshore Technology Conference if the... Continue Reading →
BP Plc (BP.L) wants to be part of an effort to build up natural gas infrastructure in Brazil, an executive said on Tuesday, and believes a power plant it is building in Rio de Janeiro could eventually be supplied by gas from offshore oilfields here. Speaking at Rio’s Offshore Technology Conference on Tuesday, BP Regional... Continue Reading →
When executives arrive in Rio de Janeiro this week for Brazil’s biennial Offshore Technology Conference, they will find themselves in Latin America’s most promising market for Big Oil by far. That marks a dramatic change from only a year ago. In early October 2018, Brazil’s current president, Jair Bolsonaro, was in a tight electoral race... Continue Reading →
10/25/2019 Petrobras intends to use the R $ 34 billion it will receive from the Federal Government from the auctiont of the Transfer of Rights, scheduled for November 6. The auction will offer the right to extract oil and gas in areas in the pre-salt polygon granted to Petrobras in 2010. Chief Financial and... Continue Reading →
October 28, 2019 The forecast is to invest US $ 21 billion by 2023 to maintain the Campos Basin production curve. At the same time as it sets record highs in the pre-salt, Petrobras is facing the challenge of containing the sharp natural decline of its production in the Campos Basin post-salt. The company, however,... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) is studying exiting its stake in Braskem SA (BRKM5.SA) via a share offering, an executive said on Friday, the latest in a series of proposals to separate itself from the petrochemical firm. Anelise Lara, head of Petrobras’ downstream division, divulged the potential share offering, which she said... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s benchmark interest rate will be cut to a record low of 5.00% on Wednesday, according to the unanimous view in a Reuters poll of economists, as the central bank battles to spur economic growth and prevent inflation from falling further below target. All 31 economists surveyed say the bank’s rate-setting committee known as ‘Copom’... Continue Reading →
This is certainly a surprising change of posture. Oct 25, 2019 (Reuters) - Brazilian oil worker’s federation FUP said on Friday it has recommended the unions representing workers at state-controlled oil company Petrobras call off a planned general strike after receiving a new contract proposal. Several unions had called for a general strike at Petrobras... Continue Reading →
A thick sludge of crude oil has been washing up on vast stretches of Brazil’s coast for nearly two months, and authorities and experts have been baffled by its origin. This is what is known about the environmental disaster and what remains a mystery. Continue reading
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