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Feb. 9 (Reuters) Oilfield services firm Transocean said on Monday it will acquire peer Valaris in an all-stock deal valued at $5.8 billion, expanding its exposure across deepwater, harsh-environment and shallow-water basins worldwide. Transocean shares were down 4% at $5.16, while Valaris shares were up 14.6% at $71.61 in premarket trade. Oilfield service providers have... Continue Reading →
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Portuguese energy firm Galp will focus on growing its upstream business from oilfields in Brazil and Namibia and may list parts of its newly formed downstream business in a couple of years, its co-chief executive Joao Diogo Marques da Silva told Reuters on Tuesday. The company said earlier this month it was in... Continue Reading →
Jan. 14 - Marine seismic company PXGEO has appointed two senior executives to strengthen its leadership team and support operational performance across its global operations. Bob Nouh has been named technical solutions director and senior vice president, while Carlos Cubeddu has joined the company as operations director and senior vice president. Nouh brings nearly 30... Continue Reading →
Jan. 12 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that, at a meeting held on January 9, 2026, the Board of Directors received, in accordance with the previously planned succession process, the resignation of Mr. Décio Oddone from... Continue Reading →
Dec 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian union Sindipetro-NF, one of the largest representing Petrobras workers, accepted on Tuesday a counteroffer from the state-run oil company for a labor deal, suspending a strike launched earlier this month. Sindipetro-NF was the only one among more than ten unions affiliated with FUP, an umbrella organization for oil workers, that remained... Continue Reading →
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's Superior Labor Court ruled staffing levels to remain at 80% at all Petrobras facilities in Brazil as negotiations between workers at the state-run oil company drag on amid a prolonged strike. In a statement from the court, the ruling made on Saturday also bars worker unions from blocking the transportation of... Continue Reading →
Dec. 24 (OE) BP has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol lubricants business to infrastructure investor Stonepeak at an enterprise value of about $10 billion, as the energy major presses ahead with its divestment program and balance sheet repair. The transaction is expected to generate net proceeds of around $6 billion for... Continue Reading →
Dec. 23 – Petrobras announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) has delivered notices to the holders of the outstanding 8.750% Global Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) announcing the redemption price for the Notes. As previously announced, the redemption date for the Notes will be December 29, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”). Title... Continue Reading →
Dec. 19 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), in response to the Official Letter n. 343/2025/CVM/SEP/GEA-1, sent to the Company in December 17, 2025 (“Official Letter”), hereby clarifies the news published by the newspaper CNN Brasil, section Economia/Negócios, in December 17, 2025 (link available here). The contents of the Official Letter are... Continue Reading →
December 15, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has been notified by Novonor S.A. – Em Recuperação Judicial (“Novonor”) and NSP Investimentos S.A. (“NSP Inv.”), a subsidiary of Novonor, regarding the execution of an “Exclusivity Agreement with Shine I Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios de Responsabilidade Limitada (‘FIDC’), a credit... Continue Reading →
