June 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow water concessions located in the state of Alagoas. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the... Continue Reading →
More than 20 companies can benefit from the reduction of royalties approved by CNPE
June 9, 2020 The decision of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) to authorize the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) to reduce royalties to the legal minimum of 5% in small or medium-sized company fields, can benefit - if current rules are maintained - 24 companies that operate mainly on the... Continue Reading →
CNPE APPROVES REDUCTION OF ROYALTIES FOR INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS AND EXPANDS THE RANGE OF BLOCKS ELIGIBLE TO PERMANENT OFFER
Jun 5, 2020 Important news for the oil and gas sector from Brasilia. The National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved incentives for small and medium-sized companies in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas. The collegiate also gave the approval for the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to define and bid blocks... Continue Reading →
Pre-salt accounts for almost 70% of national production
June 2, 2020 ANP is publishing the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production with detailed data for April 2020. This month, production in the Pre-salt was 2.597 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), the which corresponds to 69.5% of the national total. 2,057 MMbbl / d (million barrels per... Continue Reading →
Petrobras completes the sale of seven onshore fields – Macau Cluster
May 29, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release dated 08/09/2019, reports that it has completed today the sale of its entire interest in seven onshore production fields, located in the Potiguar Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, to SPE 3R Petroleum S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras projects a gradual recovery of the price of oil
May 27, 2020 Petrobrás projects a gradual recovery in the price of oil over the next five years, until it returns to the level of US $ 50 per barrel - double the average price projected for this year, of US $ 25. As the scenario improves, it should also reduce the company's debt, from... Continue Reading →
Saipem Nets Offshore Engineering Services Deal with Equinor
Italian provider of oilfield and renewable energy services Saipem has signed a two-year frame agreement with Norway's Equinor covering offshore engineering services worldwide. Per Saipem's statement on Tuesday, The frame agreement covers feasibility and conceptual studies, FEED, detailed engineering, and related follow-on and support for R&D activities, as well as assistance to Equinor for its... Continue Reading →
GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER THE PRODUCTION OF SHALE GAS IN BRAZIL WITH PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
May 7, 2020 President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree that qualifies a pilot project for evaluations in the country on the exploration of unconventional oil and gas (shale) for the Federal Government's Investment Partnership Program (PPI). The inclusion of the initiative in the PPI aims to “support environmental licensing and other measures necessary for the... Continue Reading →
Permanent Offer – ANP approves the inclusion of new blocks
May 6, 2020 The Collective Board of ANP approved in Deliberative Circuit No. 411, of April 6, 2020, the final versions of the revision of the public notice and the new model of contract for the Permanent Offer. The final versions were sent to the Federal Audit Court (TCU), under the terms of Normative Instruction... Continue Reading →
ANP Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production – March 2020
May 5, 2020 ANP published the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production with detailed data for March 2020. This month, 3,739 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day) were produced, of which 2,973 MMbbl / d ( million barrels per day) of oil and 122 MMm3 / d (million m3... Continue Reading →