Brazil has all the favorable conditions to lead the global development of offshore wind energy. To get an idea, the country's estimated generation potential is 700 GW in offshore locations with depths of up to 50 meters - a volume that corresponds to more than 30 times the installed generation capacity in the world today... Continue Reading →
Partnership Launched to Boost Efficiency and Lower Emissions from FPSOs
(OE) Oilfield services firm SLB, Rockwell Automation, Sensia, and Cognite on Monday announced a collaboration that they say will "accelerate the evolution" of the offshore industry’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities. According to a press statement issued by SLB, until recently known as Schlumberger, digital capabilities developed by the four-company coalition will improve... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras to keep stake in Colombia’s deepwater block Tayrona
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has abandoned a plan to sell its 44% stake in a promising offshore gas project it shares with Colombia's Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) in the Andean country, a Petrobras executive said at a Houston energy conference on Monday. Petrobras and Ecopetrol last year announced a natural gas discovery at the Uchuva-1 deepwater well... Continue Reading →
Foz do Amazonas: understand what is at stake in the new oil exploration frontier
(epbr) The equatorial margin, the region where the promising Foz do Amazonas Basin is located, has already been called the "new pre-salt layer" by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira (PSD), and is an important part of Petrobras' exploratory strategy in the coming years. years. But, due to lack of environmental licensing, no... Continue Reading →
Brazil agency recommends barring Petrobras from drilling in Amazon’s mouth
Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agency Ibama has recommended the rejection of state-run oil firm Petrobras' (PETR4.SA) request to drill a well in the mouth of the Amazon River Basin, documents seen by Reuters showed on Friday. Signed last week by several environmental analysts from Ibama, the report also recommended the agency stop processing environmental licenses for the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on shareholders remuneration
– Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following the press release disclosed on March 1, 2023, informs that, in a meeting held today, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the distribution of dividends relating to the 2022 fiscal year in the amount of R$17.06202044 per outstanding share (common or preferred). This amount includes payments already made... Continue Reading →
ABB Provide Electrical System Automation for Petrobras’ P-82 FPSO
(OE) Singapore's Sembcorp Marine has ordered from ABB the complete electrical system automation for the P-82 FPSO Sembcorp Marine is building for the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The P-82 FPSO, ordered by Petrobras in October 2022, will be one of the largest vessels to be deployed in the Búzios field, an ultra-deepwater oil and gas field... Continue Reading →
Brazilian innovation centre requests license for offshore wind test site
(OEP) A research, innovation and development centre in Brazil, focused on renewable energy and sustainability, has submitted an application for a test site for offshore wind to the country’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA). In the latest update to the map (and the list) of offshore wind projects for which environmental investigation licences have... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Organizational Adjustment
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, in addition to the release disclosed on 04/06/2023, informs that its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the Company's organizational adjustment proposal, which will be effective as of May 1st. The proposal has three objectives: (i) prepare the company for the energy transition with the creation of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the Executive Board of Energy Transition and Sustainability
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/06/2023, informs that its Board of Directors elected Mr. Maurício Tolmasquim to the Board of Energy Transition and Sustainability of the Company, which will coordinate the activities of decarbonization, climate change, new technologies and sustainability and will incorporate the commercial activities of natural... Continue Reading →
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