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(Portos e Navios)The bidding round provides for a two-year contract, renewable for the same period, to support the preparation of conceptual projects and provide consultancy services for the company to participate in future processes for acquiring areas for offshore energy generation. On Tuesday (10/22), Petrobras launched tender to hire consultancy services for the preparation of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazil’s Federal court has annulled a two-year ban imposed on Saipem’s two business units on from contracting with the Brazilian public administration. The decision to prohibit Saipem’s two businesses was taken due to alleged irregularities in the award of a contract related to gas pipelines, dating back to 2011. According to Saipem, the court... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) Petrobras is nearing a deal with Brazil regulators allowing it to move forward with plans to redevelop the massive Tupi oil field that could reinvigorate the country's stalled production, the company's head of exploration and production Sylvia dos Anjos told Bloomberg on Friday. The company expects to resolve a long-running tax dispute with regulator ANP by year-end... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A ruling from a Colombian court that ordered the suspension of work at a major offshore gas well is a threat to the country's energy security, industry groups the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) and Naturgas said on Monday. In a court order dated Sept. 11, a judge said activities at well Uchuva-2, on the... Continue Reading →
– Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that a favorable final arbitration award has been handed down in one of the arbitrations taking place before B3's Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM). This arbitration was initiated by an association and was intended to be collective, trying to encompass all Petrobras shareholders who acquired shares on B3 between... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) An arbitration panel that will decide a high-profile clash between Exxon Mobil and Chevron will delve into the secret value of Hess' oil riches in Guyana, people familiar with the matter said. Chevron last October offered to pay $53 billion for Hess, one of the two biggest deals in the largest wave of consolidation... Continue Reading →
Law No. 14,948/2024, which establishes the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen, was published August 2, 2024, in an extra edition of the Official Gazette of the Union. The law assigns ANP the powers to regulate, authorize and monitor the exercise of hydrogen exploration and production activities in Brazil. According to the new legal framework, ANP... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors, who have recommended that environmental agency Ibama block drilling by state-run oil company Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon river, has demanded that Ibama respond within three days, a document seen by Reuters shows. The federal prosecutors office (MPF), an independent agency, filed a July 22 notice that appeared on... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian chemical company Unigel is demanding compensation from state-run Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab for losses on two leased fertilizer plants, a legal letter seen by Reuters showed, marking another setback in negotiations to reopen the plants. The two plants, a key part of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plan to ease Brazil's dependency on imported fertilizer,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil's legal bid to stop Chevron's proposed $53 billion acquisition of Hess rests on whether the transaction would involve a change of control of Hess' prize subsidiary in Guyana, according to people knowledgeable about the argument. The two top U.S. oil producers are in an arbitration battle over the world's largest oil discovery... Continue Reading →
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