January 29, 2020 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that it has requested today its withdrawal from the Corporate Governance Program for State-Owned Companies of B3 (Program). Petrobras' adhesion to the Program took place on 08/08/2017. After that, the company continued to evolve in the improvement of its governance practices, having adhered to the... Continue Reading →
Pemex Pushes for State Control Over Zama
Mexico's state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos wants operational control over a major offshore oil area discovered by a consortium of private companies before development gets underway, its top official said on Wednesday. Pemex Chief Executive Officer Octavio Romero told a news conference the company believes most of the crude found by the consortium, in the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on collective action in the Netherlands
29 January 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, further to the press release dated September 19, 2018, announces that the District Court of Rotterdam (the Court) today considered some issues and asked additional questions to the parties regarding the collective action filed by Stichting Petrobras Compensation Foundation (the Foundation) in the Netherlands against Petrobras and... Continue Reading →
Brazil targets Maersk, Tide Maritime and Ferchem in Petrobras corruption probe
Brazil federal prosecutors on Wednesday said shipping companies Maersk, Tide Maritime and Ferchem were targets in the latest phase of a wide-ranging corruption probe for alleged graft involving shipping contracts with state-run oil firm Petrobras. Prosecutors said in a statement that at least $3.4 million in bribes were allegedly paid in relation to 11 contracts... Continue Reading →
Brazil police target Techint in new phase of Car Wash probe
Oct 23, 2019 (Reuters) - Brazilian police conducted raids on Wednesday in a new phase of the sweeping “Car Wash” corruption probe targeting alleged bribery by Italo-Argentine group Techint to secure contracts from state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA. Federal police and prosecutors said local Techint units Techint Engenharia e Construção SA and Confab Industrial... Continue Reading →
First Petrobras Indictment Filed in Long-Running Swiss Probe
Switzerland’s top prosecutor filed its first indictment against an individual in the long-running Petrobras-Odebrecht corruption scandal, charging the unidentified person with bribing foreign public officials and money laundering. The case against the person of Swiss-Brazilian origin is being run using an accelerated procedure at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, the Attorney General’s office said in a statement... Continue Reading →