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April 19, 2024 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Company's Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, in continuity with its process of clarification on the destination of the remaining profit for the 2023 financial year and the possibility of distributing extraordinary dividends, during the presentation to monitor the execution of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras estimates investments of around US$ 73 billion in exploration and production activities and will allocate part of this investment to demands addressed to the naval and offshore industry, with actual construction opportunities in Brazil. The projects related to these demands include oil platforms, maritime support vessels, cabotage vessels, and the sustainable disposal of units.... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian cable maker and installation services provider Prysmian has named Massimo Battaini as its new chief executive officer and general manager. The new CEO appointment also marks the entering into force of the new organizational structure, aimed at supporting the company’s strategic plan and value creation, Prysmian said. The new organization, as already announced... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil major BP has simplified its organization structure and made executive team changes in an effort to streamline its business operations. BP said it will continue to have three businesses - production and operations, gas and low carbon energy. and customers and products – enabled by trading and shipping. The current regions, corporates and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras received the environmental license from Ibama for drilling two exploratory wells in the BM-POT-17 maritime block, in deep waters of the Potiguar Basin, on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin. The first well will be drilled 52 km off the coast. Drilling is expected to begin in the coming weeks, after the rig arrives at the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A Brazilian court overturned a previous ruling from a lower tribunal that had suspended state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab chairman Pietro Sampaio Mendes from his role, the company confirmed late on Tuesday. Reuters had reported the court decision earlier on Tuesday. Mendes had been suspended by a Sao Paulo judge last week... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Spanish renewable energy firm Acciona Energia (ANE.MC), opens new tab has decided to restructure its businesses in Brazil, it said on Tuesday, after Reuters reported the subsidiary of infrastructure giant Acciona (ANA.MC), opens new tab had been downsizing in the country. The company said the decision to reorganize its unit in Latin America's largest economy was a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras, in consortium with the companies CNOOC, CNODC and PPSA, reached a new milestone: the Buzios field reached 1 billion barrels of oil (bbl) produced. The feat was achieved on March 31st, and adds up to the production of the five units in operation in the largest field in the world in ultra-deep waters, the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) A Brazilian judge has suspended the chair of state oil firm Petrobras, Pietro Sampaio Mendes, over a conflict of interest regarding his role in the Ministry of Energy, a court decision seen by Reuters on Thursday showed. The ruling by Sao Paulo Judge Paulo Cezar Neves Junior also ordered wage and salary payments to... Continue Reading →
`(OE) Kristian Siem, founder and longtime leader of Siem Offshore, is stepping down as chairman of the Norwegian offshore support vessel (OSV) firm after reaching a deal to acquire nine vessels in exchange for his 35% stake in the company. The company announced it has reached an "amicable agreement" to sell Siem Barracuda, Siem Stingray,... Continue Reading →
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