Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media, clarifies that it has not yet been formally communicated of the nomination of Mr. Jean Paul Prates for the Presidency of the Company. Following the usual procedures for nominating the Company's managers, the nominee's name must go through Petrobras' internal governance... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ next CEO seen overseeing strategic shift with renewables focus
(Reuters) - The nomination of a Brazilian senator and longtime energy consultant to lead Petrobras (PETR4.SA) suggests President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants the state-run firm to pivot to more renewable energy projects. Since 2019, Petroleo Brasileiro SA has doubled down on deep, and ultra deep-water exploration and production, while also selling off less productive assets... Continue Reading →
Lula to appoint Prates as Petrobras CEO, aide says
(Reuters) - Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will appoint Senator Jean Paul Prates of his Workers Party to be the next chief executive of state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), a member of his transition team said on Thursday. Deyvid Bacelar, the head of oil workers' union FUP, revealed Lula's choice on social media minutes... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Heads for Two-Month Business Plan Review Under Lula
(Bloomberg) -- Petrobras’s new management should carry out a two-month review of the oil giant’s business plan to bring it more into line with Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s wider policy goals, according recommendations from Lula’s transition team. The energy experts who worked on Lula’s transition concluded that Petrobras’s existing $78 billion five-year... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on payment of remuneration to shareholders
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11/03/2022, informs that it has carried out today the payment of the 1st installment of the remuneration to shareholders approved by its Board of Directors in a meeting held on that date. The gross amount distributed today corresponds to dividends of R$ 1,67445... Continue Reading →
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Resolves Corruption Case in Brazil
(OE) Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine (KOM) has reached a joint resolution with the authorities in Brazil, in relation to the corrupt payments made by a former agent of Keppel Offshore & Marine in Brazil, which was previously announced in December 2017. Back in December 2017, Keppel Offshore % Marine, reached a global resolution with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of Araucária Nitrogenados S.A.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/30/2020, informs that, observing the applicable internal governance, the termination of the competitive process for the sale of all its shares in the wholly owned subsidiary Araucária Nitrogenados S.A. (ANSA), which was in the binding phase, was approved. Petrobras will evaluate its next... Continue Reading →
Ocyan announces creation of independent drilling company
(TN) Ocyan S.A. announced the creation of a new company (DrillCo), which will concentrate its drilling activities with its current five rigs, ODN I, ODN II, Norbe VI, Norbe VIII and Norbe IX – that will form part of the new company's fleet. The new corporate structure is born in the context of the restructuring... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum November 22 production data
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”), following best practices in Corporate Governance, informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for November 2022 in the assets that the Company holds participation. (1) Refers to the 35% Interest held by 3R in Pescada Cluster concessions. (2) Approximately... Continue Reading →
South Korea: Hanwha Group Inks Deal to Take Over Daewoo Shipbuilding
(Reuters) South Korea's Hanwha Group has signed an agreement to take over Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Daewoo Shipbuilding said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The deal comes after the two parties signed a tentative agreement in September in which affiliates of Hanwha Group, including Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd., said they would invest 2... Continue Reading →