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(Reuters) - Brazil's new mines and energy minister Alexandre Silveira said on Monday that state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) would play a leading role in expanding the refining sector, and stressed the importance of developing renewable resources. Petrobras would encourage other groups to join the process, Silveira said during an official event to start his term in... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Petrobras’s new management should carry out a two-month review of the oil giant’s business plan to bring it more into line with Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s wider policy goals, according recommendations from Lula’s transition team. The energy experts who worked on Lula’s transition concluded that Petrobras’s existing $78 billion five-year... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The United States has become a global crude oil exporting power over the last few years, but exports have not exceeded its imports since World War II. That could change next year. Sales of U.S. crude to other nations are now a record 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd), with exports of about... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA needs to invest more in natural gas and set a path to return to its former role as an integrated energy provider, one of the top prospects to be Petrobras CEO told Reuters in an interview. Magda Chambriard, a former Brazil oil regulator, also said she does not... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the Strategic Plan for the five-year period 2023-2027 (SP 2023-27). Throughout 2022, Petrobras delivered an operational and financial performance in line with its commitment to generate value for society and shareholders and in full adherence with the 2022-2026... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/25/2021, 03/10/2022, 05/13/2022 and 08/30/2022, informs that it has today finalized the sale of the shares of Refinaria de Manaus S.A. (Manaus Refinery), which was formed to hold Refinaria Isaac Sabbá (REMAN) and its corresponding logistics assets, located in Manaus, Amazonas, to the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) will market Guyana's share of crude oil produced over the next year from two offshore production platforms, the South American country's Ministry of Natural Resources said. Guyana is home to one of the largest oil discoveries in the last decade, with about 11 billion barrels found to date. A consortium that controls... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has received a binding proposal for the sale of the Gabriel Passos Refinery (REGAP), in Minas Gerais, but decided to close the process, since the conditions of the presented proposal were below Petrobras' economic and financial evaluation. Thus, the company will evaluate the appropriate moment to start... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11/11/2021, informs that it has today finalized the sale of the shares of the company Paraná Xisto S.A (Paraná Xisto), which was formed to hold the Shale Industrialization Unit (SIX), located in São Mateus do Sul, Paraná, to Forbes Resources Brazil Holding S.A.... Continue Reading →
(epbr) Petrobras to invest again is one of the main promises of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his third term as President of the Republic. The government program states that the state-owned company must be an integrated energy company, focusing on the energy transition. -- For that, Petrobras would need to develop new projects... Continue Reading →
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