Main financial highlights 2Q-2016 x 1Q-2016 Net income attributable to the shareholders of Petrobras of R$ 370 million, compared to net loss of R$ 1.246 million in the 1Q-2016, as a result of: - A decrease of 30% in net finance expenses; - An increase of 7% in crude oil and natural gas total production;... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Swings to Profit on Rising Output, Fuel Margins
A recovery in oil output and refining margins helped Petrobras reverse three quarters of straight losses as the Brazilian producer emerges from two years of graft investigations and falling crude prices. More lucrative domestic gasoline sales helped compensate for falling demand amid Brazil’s ongoing recession, the company said in a filing Thursday. Petroleo Brasileiro SA,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras second-quarter profit may triple as cuts offset lower oil prices
People leave the headquarters building of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (PETROBRAS) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/SERGIO MORAES Profit at Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras likely more than tripled in the second quarter compared with a year earlier as investment cuts and declining financial losses helped make up for stagnant output and falling... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Makes its Biggest Oil Field Sale Ever to Statoil
Petroleo Brasileiro SA made its biggest oil field sale ever to Statoil ASA in a major step to meeting a $15.1 billion divestment target as it works to cut leverage and reduce expenditures. Statoil will pay $2.5 billion for Petrobras’s 66 percent operating interest in the BM-S-8 offshore license in the Santos basin, which holds... Continue Reading →
BRIEF-Petrobras working hard to meet $15.1 bln asset-sale goal
Reuters Petroleo Brasilerio SA, or Petrobras, Chief Financial Officer Ivan Monteiro and Exploration and Production chief Solange Guedes spoke to reporters in Sao Paulo about the company's agreement to sell its 66 percent stake in the BM-S-8 offshore block, home to the giant Carcara field, to Norway's Statoil ASA. * Recent Petrobras asset sales an... Continue Reading →
Sale of Petrobras Argentina Completed
Rio de Janeiro, July 27, 2016 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) announces that today it finalized the sale of its entire 67.19% stake in Petrobras Argentina (PESA), held through Petrobras Participaciones S.L. (PPSL), to Pampa Energía. The operation was completed today with the payment of US$897 million by Pampa, after all the conditions precedent in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras 2nd Quarter 2016 Results Release Date
Rio de Janeiro, July 27, 2016 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it will release its 2nd quarter 2016 results on August 11th, after the market is closed. Therefore, between July 28th and August 11th, the Company will be in quiet period, during which Petrobras will not be able to provide clarifications or... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces early tender results and early settlement for cash tender offers
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – July 21, 2016 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: (NYSE: PBR) announces that holders of US$3,008,915,000 and €571,972,000 principal amount of the outstanding notes of the series set forth in the table below (all such notes, collectively, the “Old Notes” and each a “series” of Old Notes), issued... Continue Reading →
Petrobras completes US$3 billion bond sale
Rio de Janeiro, July 13, 2016 - Petóleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) announces that today, through subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF), it has completed the US$3 billion bond sale on the international capital markets (called global notes). This sale constituted a reissue of securities maturing in 2021 and 2026, originally issued in May 2016. Of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras meeting with investors July 11, 2016
Petrobras CEO Pedro Parente and other Directors met with investors on July 11, 2016. Read attached presentation Reuniao-com-Investidores-Presidente-Diretores-Ingles