(OP) For nearly two decades, South America’s largest economy Brazil has been reaping a tremendous economic windfall from a massive oil boom that kicked off with the first offshore ultra deep-water pre-salt discovery in 2006. The boom nearly collapsed as corruption, mismanagement and malfeasance saw national oil company Petrobras laden with so much debt it was almost... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on payment of dividends
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, on Friday, 06/16/2023, the second 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. The... Continue Reading →
Unipar makes an offer to buy Braskem
Unipar informed that the negotiations with Novonor and with its creditor banks holding mortgages on the potential operation involving the control of Braskem have evolved. The company sent a non-binding proposal to Novonor, which contemplates the partial payment of creditor banks, as well as new conditions for the remaining debt balance, and the possibility of... Continue Reading →
Dril-Quip delivers latest wellhead equipment for Petrobras deepwater project
Dril-Quip has installed an 18 ¾-inch BigBore IIe, its newest subsea wellhead system, for the Petrobras Exploratory project in the Aram Block in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Water depth is 2,002 m. According to Dril-Quip, the system’s sealing technology is qualified to the latest Petrobras standards. It is designed to reduce costs through dispensing... Continue Reading →
Petrobras hits highest monthly refinery utilization rate since 2015
(PN) Petrobras' refineries operated at 95% of their total operating capacity in May. This is the company's best monthly result since July 2015. On some days, in the second half of the month, the level even exceeded 99%. The historic result was achieved even with scheduled maintenance stoppages at RPBC (Cubatão, SP), Refap (Canoas, RS),... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum on closing of the Potiguar Cluster acquisition
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in addition to the Material Fact of May 19, 2023, informs its investors and the market in general that, on June 7, 2023, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”) approved the transfer of the entire stake (100%) of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.... Continue Reading →
OneSubsea inks contract with Petrobras to supply 15 wet Christmas trees for Buzios
(PN) OneSubsea, which is part of the SLB group (formerly Schlumberger), signed a new contract for the supply of subsea equipment for Petrobras. The new agreement encompasses the delivery of 15 wet Christmas trees and electro-hydraulic distribution units in phase 11 of the Buzios field, in the Santos Basin. The contract has an estimated value... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Unigel
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has initiated discussions with Unigel Participações S.A. (Unigel) to analyze joint business involving opportunity development in the areas of fertilizers, green hydrogen and low-carbon projects, in line with the revision of the strategic elements for Petrobras' Strategic Plan 2024-2028 (SP 2024-28), as disclosed to the market on... Continue Reading →
MODEC cheers first oil from Brazilian FPSO
Japan’s MODEC has confirmed the start of production from a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is deployed at Petrobras’ giant deepwater oil field in the pre-salt Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. MODEC announced on Monday, 5 June 2023, that the FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32, deployed for production operations at the Búzios... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC, DOF-owned Vessel Catches Fire in Brazil
(OE) Skandi Buzios, a pipelay support vessel owned by TechnipFMC and DOF, reportedly caught fire Friday morning in a Brazilian port. The Brazilian media and some social media accounts on Friday showed images and videos of the burning vessel with thick smoke billowing above it and firefighters trying to quell the fire. The incident reportedly happened at... Continue Reading →