Portugal's Galp Energia on Monday reported a 13% slump in adjusted first-quarter net profit, hit by a decline in oil production owing to constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and slower refining activity. Galp suspended output at its largest refinery in Sines and its smallest, Matosinhos, in April 2020. It resumed production at both locations... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Brazil studies subsidizing domestic fuel with oil auction proceeds -source
(Reuters) - Brazil’s government is considering using some of the proceeds from an upcoming oil auction to create a fund that would protect domestic consumers from swings in fuel prices, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The proceeds would come from the planned November auction of the Atapu and Sepia deepwater... Continue Reading →
Shell flags likely fall in first-quarter fuel sales
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell expects its fuel sales to fall or at best be broadly steady for the first quarter, the world’s biggest fuel retailer said on Wednesday, indicating fuel demand recovery has remained slow amid coronavirus restrictions. In a trading update, Shell said it saw refined oil product sales at 3.7-4.7 million barrels... Continue Reading →
XP reduces the maximum selling price of 6 Petrobras refineries by U$ 5.7 billion
XP analysts (NASDAQ: XP) reduced the maximum price estimate for the sale of six Petrobras refineries (SA: PETR4) by U$ 5.7 billion, when reviewing their calculations after the Landulpho Alves Refinery (Rlam), was sold for less than market expectations. In the new calculation, which considers some risks related to fuel prices for future refinery owners,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on S-10 Diesel record sales
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that in March it recorded total diesel sales in the amount of 791 thousand bpd, representing growths of 35% and 17% when compared to sales in the same month of 2020 and 2019, respectively. Also in March 2021, Petrobras surpassed the sales record for S-10 Diesel, with low sulfur... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Shell, Cosan JV Raizen taps banks for mega-IPO in Brazil
(Reuters) - Brazilian energy firm Raizen, a joint venture between Cosan SA and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, has chosen four investment banks to manage its initial public offering, expected to be one of the largest this year, raising up to 13 billion reais ($2.25 billion), four people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Raizen... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs agreement for the sale of the RLAM refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed today, informs that it has signed a contract with MC Brazil Downstream Participações, a company of the Mubadala Capital group, for the sale of the company's shares that will hold the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its associated logistics assets, in the state of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on approval of the sale of the RLAM refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, as a follow up to the release disclosed on February 8, 2021, informs that the company's Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its associated logistics assets, in Bahia, to Mubadala Capital for US$ 1.65 billion. The signing of... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s oil industry battles deadliest COVID-19 wave yet
(Reuters) - The deadly coronavirus wave that has torn through Brazil in recent weeks has not spared its oil industry, according to unions and government data reviewed by Reuters, with infections among workers jumping and production taking a hit. New COVID-19 cases among offshore oil workers rose to 46 on March 24 from 17 on... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of the RLAM refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news published in the media, clarifies about the sale process of Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its associated logistics assets. In all asset sale processes, Petrobras establishes a value range that guides the transaction and considers the technical and productivity characteristics and the asset's potential to... Continue Reading →