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In 2022, we delivered an excellent operational performance, meeting all production targets for the year, with the following marks recorded: In 2022, we achieved an annual record in operated production, with an average of 3.64 MMboed. This result was mainly due to the start-up of FPSO Guanabara (Mero field) and P-71 (Itapu field), as well... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has revealed that one of its drillships embarked on its assignment at a field offshore Brazil with the country’s oil and gas giant, Petrobras. Back in December 2021, Petrobras awarded the contract for the West Jupiter drillship to Seadrill for work on the Búzios field offshore Brazil. As it came less than a month after Seadrill was... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Trident Energy has completed a saturation diving campaign at Pampo and Enchuva fields offshore Brazil. According to Trident Energy, this is the company’s first saturation diving campaign in Brazil and the second in its history. Trident Energy explained that the main objective was to remove two valves, allowing additional integrity tasks to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras is closer to starting exploratory activities on the Equatorial Margin. The company declared that it should start drilling wells this quarter, as detailed in its 2023-2027 Strategic Plan. The company plans to invest US$ 2.9 billion over the next 5 years in the region, with the drilling of 16 wells. The so-called Equatorial Margin... Continue Reading →
Petrobras is managing to further expand its geological knowledge in pre-salt areas. The company announced that it has concluded a 3D seismic survey in the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin. The survey was carried out by PXGeo do Brasil using 3D node technology. Work began in October, approximately 174 kilometers from the coast, in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news in the media, clarifies that, among the measures intended by the new management of the Company, the creation of the new Board of Renewable Energy will be considered in due course by the Executive Board and then submitted for approval by the competent corporate bodies,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A - Petrobras informs that its CEO Jean Paul Terra Prates has indicated 5 new members for the composition of the Executive Board: Trading and Logistics Executive Board, Mr. Claudio Schlosser; Production Development Executive Board, Mr. Carlos Travassos; Exploration and Production Executive Board, Mr. Joelson Falcão; Refining and Natural Gas Executive Board, Mr.... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. –Petrobras informs that, in a session held today, the First Panel of the Superior Chamber of Tax Appeals (CSRF), a body of the Administrative Board of Tax Appeals (CARF), rejected the appeals filed by the Company and decided that IRPJ and CSLL taxes are due on the profits of its foreign subsidiary ... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the rating agency Fitch reaffirmed its rating at "BB-", with stable outlook, following Brazil's rating. The stand-alone rating was also reaffirmed at “bbb”, four notches above the country. The agency considers Petrobras' ratings to be linked to those of the sovereign given the Company's strategic importance to the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it received today, up front, from Shell, the amount of R$ 347 million, regarding the complement of the firm compensation (earnout) for fiscal year 2022, related to the Atapu block. The amount already includes the amount of the gross-up of taxes related to Shell' 25% stake in Atapu... Continue Reading →
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