Brazilian oil company Petro Rio has signed a deal with TotalEnergies for the acquisition of a 40% interest in the BM-C-32 Block (“Itaipu Field” or “Itaipu”). Together with the 60% interest in Itaipu acquired from BP in July 2021, this transaction will bring Petro Rio's interest to 100% of the concession after the acquisition is... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola hires Barclays to sell stake in Spanish renewable portfolio, Expansion says
(Reuters) - Spanish power company Iberdrola (IBE.MC) hired Barclays' (BARC.L) investment bank to sell up to 49% in a portfolio of Spanish renewable power projects, Expansion newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified market sources. Iberdrola is considering selling a stake in a series of wind and solar power projects, most of them still in development, with a total capacity... Continue Reading →
Shell pulls out of two Irish offshore wind projects
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) has pulled out of two offshore wind projects in the west of Ireland operated by Simply Blue Group a year after the British company acquired stakes in the developments. Shell and Simply Blue said in a joint statement on Saturday that Shell's withdrawal from the Western Star and Emerald projects was a "portfolio... Continue Reading →
Lula Has Big Petrobras Plans That Would Undo Privatization Push
(Bloomberg) -- Next week’s elections in Brazil pose a challenge to Petrobras investors. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner, has vowed to use the company as a vehicle for national development. Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who’s fighting for a come-from-behind upset, is proposing the complete opposite, with plans to privatize the state-run giant.... Continue Reading →
Analysis: Amid tense Brazil election, Petrobras emerges as surprise market darling
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has spent much of 2022 in turmoil, cycling through four chief executives as President Jair Bolsonaro hammered the company to bring down fuel prices. Faced with that and the likely return of a left-wing government in next month's election, some investors have moved to the sidelines. But of seven... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of stake in the Potiguar Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 08/16/2022 and 09/08/2022, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of 40% of its stake in the BM-POT-17 exploratory concessions, in which the Pitu well Discovery Assessment Plan is being developed (Blocks POT-M-853 and POT-M-855), and the POT-M-762_R15 Concession (Block... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola Sells 49% in German Offshore Wind Farm to EIP for 700M Euros
(Reuters) Spanish power company Iberdrola said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell to Swiss investment fund Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) a 49% stake in a German offshore wind farm for 700 million euros ($700 million). The sale of the Wikinger wind farm will have no impact on Iberdrola's financial results in 2022, said the company, Europe's... Continue Reading →
Prio Still Eyeing Petrobras Assets After Albacora Deal Collapse
Brazilian oil company Prio will continue to assess the purchase of some assets from state-owned Petrobras even after a deal for its Albacora offshore oilfield fell through, Prio's finance chief told Reuters on Tuesday. Petrobras has in recent years sold off dozens of oil fields, as well as refineries, pipelines, gas station chains and other... Continue Reading →
Approval granted for the transfer of Equinor’s interest in two blocks in the Campos Basin to ExxonMobil and Petrobras.
The decision was made by the Superintendence of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade). In Block C-M-657, Equinor holds a 30% stake, as does Petrobras. ExxonMobil owns a 40% interest. In Block C-M-709, Equinor holds a 20% stake, while Petrobras and ExxonMobil each hold 40%. In the documentation delivered to Cade, it is not... Continue Reading →
PRIO on the termination of the Albacora negotiations
Petro Rio S.A. (“PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3) informs that it has received a notice from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) informing of the termination of the Albacora Field (“Field” or “Albacora”) divestment process, as the parties have not reached an agreement regarding the valuation of the asset.Despite Albacora’s potential, PRIO believes that a transaction with values above... Continue Reading →