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Dec. 4 - Petrobras informs that it has acquired the rights and obligations of the Union in Mero and Atapu units at the Non-Contracted Areas Auction held today by Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. – PPSA. The consortium formed by Petrobras (80%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (20%), acquired the Union’s 3.500% participation in the production sharing agreement of the Mero shared... Continue Reading →
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Oil majors operating in Brazil have closed ranks to oppose a proposed merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, and antitrust agency Cade has asked the two firms to provide its probe with new data on Friday, public documents seen by Reuters show. The resulting new firm, to be called Saipem7, would have... Continue Reading →
Dec. 1 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, and, following the Material Fact disclosed on September 18, 2025, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that, on December 1, 2025, the Company’s Level I American Depositary Receipts program (“ADR” and “ADR Program,” respectively) was... Continue Reading →
Dec. 1 - Ibama has authorized the decommissioning of five shallow-water production fields in the Sergipe Basin, which are part of the state's offshore field cluster. The fields are operated by Petrobras, which had already announced the closure of exploratory activities in the units in 2020. The specific fields authorized for decommissioning are:GuaricemaCaiobaCamorimDouradoRobalo The activity... Continue Reading →
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Global commodity trading house Gunvor's CEO Torbjorn Tornqvist will step down and sell his shareholding in a management buyout, weeks after the U.S. dubbed the firm the "Kremlin's puppet" over its past Russian links. The firm said on Monday that Americas head Gary Pedersen, hired by the company last year, will... Continue Reading →
December 1, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that it has been notified by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) regarding the approval of the addendum to the Production Individualization Agreement (AIP) of the Tupi Shared Reservoir, located in the Santos Basin, which becomes effective as of today. The... Continue Reading →
Dec. 1 (splash247.com) Seatrium has escalated its dispute with Maersk Offshore Wind’s affiliate Phoenix II, launching arbitration over the abrupt cancellation of a near-complete wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) originally contracted at $475m. The Singapore yard filed its notice of arbitration on 28 November under London Maritime Arbitrators Association terms, seeking a ruling that Phoenix... Continue Reading →
Nov. 28 - Petrobras has postponed the contracting of two FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) units until after 2030: one for the Albacora field revitalization project and the other for the second FPSO for Sergipe Águas Profundas (SEAP). Both units were left out of the horizon of the company's new 2026-2030 Business Plan. The... Continue Reading →
Nov 28 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run energy firm Ecopetrol will invest between 22 trillion and 27 trillion pesos ($5.88 billion-$7.21 billion) next year, it said late on Thursday, roughly in line with 2025 as it pledged "disciplined" capital allocation. Ecopetrol plans to drill between 380 and 430 development wells - 95% in Colombia and 5% in... Continue Reading →
Nov. 28 - The company's new strategic plan for the period between 2026 and 2030 reveals a paradigm shift in the search for new reserves. Although the pre-salt layer will continue to receive a significant amount of investment, the Equatorial Margin will receive the largest share of the state-owned company's resources over the next five... Continue Reading →
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