Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press releases published on 03/01/2023 and 04/27/2023, informs that it will pay next week, on 12/27/2023, the third installment of the complementary dividends referred to the 2022 fiscal year, based on shareholding position as of 04/27/2023, in connection to the Material Fact released on that date.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs on Petros Plan equalization
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved, at a meeting held today, the Deficit Equalization Plan for 2022 (PED-2022) of the Non-Renegotiated Petrobras System Petros Plan (PPSP-NR) and its submission for consideration by the Secretariat for Coordination and Governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SEST). The PED-2022 provides for the settlement of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Contracts Seadrill Drillship Pair
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill on Friday announced that Petrobras has awarded 1,064-day fixed-term contracts to each of the West Auriga and the West Polaris in Brazil. The contracts are expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2024 and represent total contract value of approximately $1.1 billion, inclusive of additional services and mobilization fees,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to analyze Mubadala Capital proposal for refining and biorefining partnership in Bahia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has received a communication from Mubadala Capital proposing the formalization of recent discussions on the formation of a potential strategic partnership for the development of downstream in Brazil, in continuity with the memorandum of understanding released on September 4, 2023. The initiative has as its scope businesses... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about divestments of Uruguá and Tambaú fields
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 09/08/2021, 10/27/2021 and 03/29/2023, informs that it has signed today, with Enauta Energia S.A. ("Enauta"), contracts for the assignment of its entire stake in the Uruguá and Tambaú fields, in deep waters in the post-salt, located in the Santos Basin. The amount to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has its credit rating raised by S&P
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the rating agency S&P has raised its credit rating from BB- to BB, with a stable outlook, as a reflection of the improvement in the rating of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Noble Gets Petrobras Contract for Drilling Services Offshore Colombia
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a contract with Petrobras for the semi-submersible rig Noble Discoverer to provide drilling services offshore Colombia. The contract has a firm duration of 400 days, with expected start in Q2 2024. According to Noble, the contract further contains an option to extend the duration by 390 days.“We... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras could increase stake in Braskem to facilitate sale -source
(Reuters) - Brazil's government believes state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) could increase its stake in petrochemical producer Braskem (BRKM5.SA) to facilitate an eventual sale to foreign buyers, a person familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday. Probes of Braskem have mounted as the ground has been sinking in the city of Maceio, in Alagoas state, where the company operates... Continue Reading →
Drill ship to drill in the Pitu Oeste Field in the Potiguar Basin
(TN) The Petrobras drill ship that will be responsible for drilling the Pitu Oeste well, on the Equatorial Margin, arrived in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The vessel left Rio de Janeiro on December 6th and will begin operating later this month in the BM-POT-17 concession. The license to drill exploratory wells, in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has a new supplier relationship platform
(TN) This December, Petrobras begins a gradual journey of transitioning the contracting platform with its suppliers. The migration from the Petronect Portal to the SAP Ariba solution, which has already taken place for invoice transactions, invoices and purchase orders for goods, will begin to encompass some of the company's contracting processes. The objective of the... Continue Reading →