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(Reuters) Petrobras expects to conclude negotiations with Chinese partners this year for the development of excess volumes from the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, and could buy part of the partners if "by chance" they want to sell, he said on Thursday. the president Roberto Castello Branco. The block with excess volumes of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Global oil demand is expected to rise by nearly 7% this year, boosted by quicker vaccine distribution and a better economic outlook, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday. Total liquids demand is expected to average 96.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2021, 6.3 million bpd higher than last year when the Covid-19... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the dismissal of Anelise Quintão Lara and elected Rodrigo Costa Lima e Silva as Chief Refining and Natural Gas Officer. The Refining and Natural Gas Office is responsible for the industrial operations of refining and natural gas and is... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media on the divestments progress of the refineries, clarifies: (i) the company has received a binding proposal for the sale of Alberto Pasqualini Refinery (REFAP), in Rio Grande do Sul, and is in the negotiation phase with Ultrapar Participações S.A.; (ii) the company has... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Brazilian group Ultrapar Participacoes SA offered the highest price for Petrobras’ refinery Refap and is leading talks to acquire the facility in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, three people close to the matter said. Brazil has been trying sell eight refineries, which would end Petrobras’s virtual monopoly in the country’s refining... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, January 18, 2021 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras in relation to the news published in the media clarifies that the company did not sign the amendment to the Commitment Agreement (“TCC”) signed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) for the refining market. The draft of the amendment was approved... Continue Reading →
Pressured by strict U.S. sanctions, Venezuela's oil exports plunged by 376,500 barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and internal documents from state-run PDVSA, financially squeezing socialist President Nicolas Maduro. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump also put curbs on PDVSA's main trading partners, the owners of tankers still transporting... Continue Reading →
Oil demand from China has been one of the few bright spots for a global petroleum industry severely impacted by a long-term global supply glut and the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The world’s second-largest economy hunger for energy keeps growing despite the global COVID-19 pandemic and a resultant sharp decline in global economic... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil Corp signaled in a regulatory filing that higher oil and gas prices and improved chemicals margins would aid fourth-quarter results, but the gains would be overshadowed by an up to $20 billion asset write down. The largest U.S. oil producer has posted losses in the first three quarters of 2020 on an ill-timed... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed new long-term contracts with Braskem S.A. to supply petrochemical naphtha to the industrial unit in the state of São Paulo and to supply ethane and propane to the industrial unit in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The naphtha contract, in the estimated amount of R$... Continue Reading →
