(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will start testing new renewable diesel based on co-processed edible oils with customers in January, while awaiting regulatory approval to sell it commercially, the company's refining director told Reuters. The tests are expected to take about six months and will be backed by a fuel distributor and a bus... Continue Reading →
New delay hits Shell’s sale of Texas refinery to Mexico’s Pemex
(Reuters) - A sale of Royal Dutch Shell's (RDSa.L) controlling interest in a Texas refinery to Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos has been delayed until next year, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A review of the deal by U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States had been expected to wrap... Continue Reading →
Petrobras reached US$4.8 billion in asset sales in 2021
The active portfolio management developed by Petrobras in 2021 resulted in the company's cash inflow of approximately US$4.8 billion by December 7th. These resources, which are essential for the company to be able to invest in assets that provide greater returns, are the result of the signing of the sale of 17 assets and the... Continue Reading →
Reuters EXCLUSIVE: Petrobras higher price demands delay refineries sales
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has raised prices at least once in the middle of the divestiture process of its largest refineries, frustrating some bidders and delaying the long awaited promise of breaking Petrobras' monopoly in refining, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Bidders were surprised by what they describe as... Continue Reading →
Pemex Refinery Deal May Cost $1 Billion More Than Announced
(Yahoo) Petroleos Mexicanos could end up spending about $1.6 billion to take over Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Deer Park refinery, more than twice the price announced in May, even as its finances are so dismal the government is injecting billions of dollars into the state oil producer. Pemex, as the company is known, has requested... Continue Reading →
Oil Workers Unions Protest Against Sale of Petrobras Refineries and Threaten a National Strike
Unions of oil workers across the country, linked to the Single Federation of Oil Tankers (FUP), held a national act of protest in front of Petrobras refineries located from north to south of Brazil, in protest against the privatization of the company's refining units. The movement began at the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM), in Bahia,... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil earmarks $15 billion for lower-emission spending over next six years
U.S. energy major ExxonMobil has finalized its corporate plans, which increase spending to $15 billion on greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects over the next six years while maintaining disciplined capital investments in its portfolio. Exxon has also increased its annual dividend payment for the 39th consecutive year. As explained by ExxonMobil on Wednesday, the plans support... Continue Reading →
Petrobras completes sale of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM)
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 03/24/2021, informs that today it has completed the sale of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its associated logistical assets, located in the state of Bahia, for MC Brazil Downstream Participações, a company of the Mubadala Capital group. After the fulfillment of all... Continue Reading →
Petrobras clarifies about sale of RLAM news in the media
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news released in the media about the agreement with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) for the sale of Refinery Abreu e Lima (RNEST) by the end of 2022, clarifies that, as disclosed on 08/25/2021, the interested parties declined to submit a binding proposal, which led the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras clarifies about RLAM news in the media
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media about the signing of the final transfer of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) to Mubadala, clarifies that, as disclosed on 03/24/2021, it signed with MC Brazil Downstream Participações, a company of the Mubadala Capital group, a contract for the sale of the company's... Continue Reading →