Exclusive article from TN Magazine The oil industry's activity resembles a moving bicycle. Without new impulses, the activity remains for a while, but tends to gradually decline and eventually cease. In the oil sector, these impulses can be given in two ways: with the exploration of new areas; or with investments in existing fields to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras launches notice to contract nine PSVs
Petrobrás launched a public notice for contracting up to nine offshore supply vessels (PSV – Platform Supply Vessel). The opening date of the envelopes with the proposals of the competitors must happen on the 15th of June. The complete documentation relating to the bidding is available on the Petronect Portal, under number 7004071393. According to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on licensing in Amapá
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that later this week it will file a request with Ibama to reconsider the decision to deny the environmental license to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059, located in deep waters in Amapá, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the regulations. The company argues that it... Continue Reading →
Brazil regulator unlikely to backtrack on Amazon oil project
(Reuters) - The head of Brazilian environmental agency Ibama said on Monday that the regulator is unlikely to succumb to political pressure and reverse its rejection of a request from state oil company Petrobras to drill a well near the mouth of the Amazon River. "It's unlikely to have a change of position simply because... Continue Reading →
Modec’s FPSO Guanabara completes one year of operation
The FPSO Guanabara (Mero 1) completed one year of operation on April 30th. This FPSO is the first of a series of four definitive platforms scheduled for the unitized Mero field, in the Libra block (Strategic Plan 2023-2027).In that first year, several milestones were achieved: the TOP of the unit in January/2023, the production record... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Bahia Terra Production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in continuity with the announcements of 03/31/2023, 03/14/2023, 04/13/2023, 05/02/2023, 05/05/2023 and 05/11/2023 informs that it obtained authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels ("ANP") to resume production from eight more facilities of the Bahia Terra Pole (Itariri River Collector Station, Jandaia Collection Station, Fazenda Imbé... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ investment in offshore wind may start abroad, says Tolmasquim
(epbr) Petrobras is considering investing first in projects for new renewable energy sources — such as offshore wind — abroad, in countries where the legal frameworks are already more consolidated, before starting to develop its own projects in Brazil, said the Energy Transition director of the company, Maurício Tolmasquim. In Brazil, the first steps may... Continue Reading →
Foz do Amazonas Basin has nearly 100 oil wells already drilled
(epbr) Despite Ibama's veto of the environmental license for drilling a Petrobras well in deep waters in the Foz do Amazonas Basin this week, activities in the region are not unprecedented. According to public data from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Foz has already had 95 drillings — all have occurred in shallow waters. Practically... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on answer to letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy
May 19, 2023 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A - Petrobras informs that it answered, on today's date, to the requests contained in Official Letter nr. 386/2023/GM-MME, from the Ministry of Mines and Energy ("MME"), in the terms below: Regarding the denial by IBAMA of the environmental licensing process for Block FZA-M-59 in Amapá Águas Profundas, Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on payment of remuneration to shareholders
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Facts disclosed on 03/01/2023 and 04/24/2023 and Notice to the Market of 05/15/2023, informs that today it has paid 1st installment of complimentary dividends approved in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 04/27/2023. The gross amount distributed today was adjusted by the Selic interest... Continue Reading →