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(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) is likely to already base its second-quarter dividends on a new policy being prepared by a working group, Chief Financial Officer Sergio Caetano Leite said on Wednesday. Leite told reporters that studies for the new policy should be completed by the end of this month, with the proposal then... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will double down on its strategy to maximize motor fuel from its local refineries even as it boosts imports of cheap Russian diesel, the company's top executive told Reuters on Monday. The comments from CEO Jean Paul Prates follow June data showing that Brazil's foreign diesel purchases rose sharply in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras (PETR4.SA), will keep total investments in its upcoming 2024-2028 business plan similar to the $78 billion foreseen in its latest five-year plan, CEO Jean Paul Prates told Reuters on Monday. Petrobras is preparing to preview updates to its business plan next month, he said, including a greater focus on... Continue Reading →
(ON) Brazil was able to cop a total of US$12.882 billion in signing bonuses from 15 block awards in its pre-salt area since the state-owned Petrobras made the first discovery back in 2006. This is according to the recent Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report. The pre-salt is a sequence of... Continue Reading →
(epbr) J&F Investimentos, the Batista family holding company, presented a proposal to Novonor for Braskem, the petrochemical company confirmed. The value of the offer, of R$ 10 billion, includes the acquisition of all credits held by Novonor's financial creditors – whose debt with financial institutions is guaranteed by its shares in Braskem. In a note... Continue Reading →
Texas-based oilfield services company Weatherford has won a five-year contract to provide Intervention Services for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. ("Petrobras") in Brazil. "Weatherford has performed Intervention Services in Brazil for more than 20 years in close cooperation with Petrobras to develop a comprehensive offering to address subsea intervention and commissioning," the company said. Weatherford said it... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that, as a follow-up to the release disclosed on May 29, 2023, it has entered into a new natural gas contract with Companhia de Gás de São Paulo ("Comgás"), effective from January 2024 until December 2034, in the estimated amount of R$ 56 billion. The contract is the result... Continue Reading →
Vast Infraestrutura (formerly Açu Petróleo) achieved an important contract renewal with Petrobras. The new agreement will last for three years and provides for the provision of oil transshipment services at Porto do Açu. This is the second contract renewal between Petrobras and Vast, which started the partnership in March 2019. “This achievement represents not only... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it requested access to Braskem's virtual data room, on today's date, thus starting the due diligence process, according to the rules provided for in the Braskem Shareholders Agreement signed between Petrobras and Novonor S.A., for the possible exercise of tag along or preemptive rights, in the event of... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has concluded the auction for the disposal of a floating offshore platform, as part of its new commitment to sustainable ship recycling. This is believed to be the first recycling project of this sort to be undertaken in Brazil.Petrobras sold the P-32 floating unit, which worked at the Marlim field in the Campos... Continue Reading →
