If the industry has been capturing CO2 for decades, why all the innovation now? (OE) CO2 capture technology has been used for around a century in natural gas processing plants to separate out the commercially valuable methane. In the 1970s, that CO2 found purpose in advanced oil recovery. Now, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is... Continue Reading →
Mexico orders Pemex to occupy privately-operated hydrogen plant
(Reuters) - Mexico's government on Friday ordered state energy company Pemex to temporarily take control of a hydrogen plant inside one of its largest refineries but operated by French company Air Liquide (AIRP.PA). President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who signed a decree that declared hydrogen supply from the plant "a matter of public interest," has tightened... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to analyze Mubadala Capital proposal for refining and biorefining partnership in Bahia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has received a communication from Mubadala Capital proposing the formalization of recent discussions on the formation of a potential strategic partnership for the development of downstream in Brazil, in continuity with the memorandum of understanding released on September 4, 2023. The initiative has as its scope businesses... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum on the Clara Camarão Refinery activities
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in accordance with CVM Resolution No. 44, informs its investors and the market in general that the resumption of the Clara Camarão Refinery activities is underway, with full return scheduled for December 2023, after a programmed maintenance stoppage. The Company highlights that maintenance activities... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol to invest up to $6.7 billion in 2024
(Reuters) - Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) will invest between $5.7 billion and $6.7 billion and produce up to 730,000 barrels per day equivalent (boepd) in 2024, it said in a statement. A majority of that spending, about $4.8 billion, will go toward keeping production between 725,000 and 730,000 boepd, the company's refineries at between 420,000... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras asks regulator for renegotiation of agreement on refinery sales
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has filed requests to Brazil's competition regulator Cade to renegotiate terms that stipulated the company must sell some of its oil refining and natural gas assets, the company said on Tuesday. The terms, signed by the company in mid-2019, were part of a broad initiative by the government of then-president... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces termination of contract to sell LUBNOR refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in continuation of the announcements made on 06/22/2023 and 02/08/2023, informs that the contract for the sale of the Lubrificantes e Derivados de Petróleo do Nordeste (LUBNOR) refinery, and its associated logistics assets, was terminated due to the lack of compliance with Conditions Precedent established therein until the Final Deadline... Continue Reading →
Petrobras approves Strategic Plan 2024-2028+
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, at a meeting held today, the Strategic Plan for the five-year period 2024-2028 (SP 2024-28+), planning to invest US$ 102 billion over the next five years. The first plan of this administration, the SP 2024-28+ aims to prepare Petrobras for the future and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Financial Performance in 3Q23
Main achievements: Solid recurring EBITDA of US$ 13.7 billion Gross debt under control at US$ 61 billion, even after the increase in leases with the start-up of FPSO Anita Garibaldi Consistency in cash generation: Operating Cash Flow of US$ 11.6 billion, the fourth highest ever Return to society with tax and dividends payments of R$... Continue Reading →
Petrobras processes feedstock of 100% renewable raw materials at its Riograndense Refinery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Riograndense Petroleum Refinery (RPR) has reached a historic milestone by processing 100% soybean oil in an industrial refining unit for the first time. The test, carried out between the end of October and the beginning of November, opens a new world frontier for biorefining. The technology, developed... Continue Reading →