(Reuters) - Brazilian chemical maker Unigel is interested in purchasing a fertilizer project from Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, its chief executive told Reuters on Friday. The operation of the unit, whose capacity as designed by Petrobras was 3,600 tonnes per day of urea and 2,200 tonnes per... Continue Reading →
High Oil Prices Take Pressure Off Repsol’s Search for Renewables Partner
(Reuters) Spanish energy group Repsol is taking a "softer" approach to its search for a partner for its newly created renewables unit as oil and gas prices are helping the company generate cash, its chief executive said on Thursday. Along with major European energy companies like BP and TotalEnergies, Repsol has been investing in low-carbon... Continue Reading →
Afentra to Buy Into Two Offshore Blocks in Angola
Oil and gas company Afentra plc, led by former Tullow CEO Paul McDade, has signed an agreement with Angola's Sonangol to buy interests in Block 3/05 and Block 23, offshore Angola. Afentra will pay $80 million and could also pay contingent payments of up to $50 million in aggregate in the case of Block 3/05, with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on UFN III sale process
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 02/21/2020 and 02/04/2022, informs that sale process of 100% of its Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III (UFN-III), located in the city of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, with the Russian group Acron hasn’t been concluded, considering that the business plan proposed by the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Atapu and Sepia contracts
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today the Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer of Rights of Atapu in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (Shell - 25%) and TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (TotalEnergies - 22.5%), and a Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on receiving compensation for Sépia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it received today, at sight, the amount of R$ 14.55 billion from TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (TotalEnergies), Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (Petronas) and QP Brasil Ltda. (QP), related to the 70% stake of these companies in the Sépia compensation, block acquired by the consortium composed by Petrobras (30%),... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of its stake in Deten
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/16/2021, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of its entire stake (27.88%) in Deten Química S.A (Deten), located in the industrial complex of Camaçari, in the state of Bahia, to the company Cepsa Química S.A.,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras: Highlights on production and sales in 1Q22
In 1Q22, Petrobras kept a solid operating performance, with average oil, NGL and natural gas production reaching 2.80 MMboed, 3.4% above 4Q21. This result was achieved mainly due to the continuity of the ramp-ups of FPSOs Carioca (Sépia field) and P-68 (Berbigão and Sururu fields), located in the pre-salt of Santos Basin, to the lower... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of the Albacora Leste field to PetroRio
Petróleo Brasileiro SA – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11/05/2021, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of all its interest in the Albacora Leste concession, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin, to the company Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo LTDA. (PetroRio), a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on receiving compensation for Atapu from from TotalEnergies
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/19/2022, informs that it received today, at sight, the updated payment of R$ 4.7 billion from Total Energies EP Brasil Ltda. - TotalEnergies, referring to the 22.5% share in the Atapu compensation. The Atapu block was acquired by the consortium composed by Petrobras... Continue Reading →