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(TN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) has granted two important licenses to Petrobras. The first authorizes the start of operations of FPSO P-71 in the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The document will be valid for eight years. Petrobras expects to start operating the platform in December. As a reminder, the... Continue Reading →
ANP will hold on December 16, in Rio de Janeiro, the public session of the 1st Cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP). There will be 11 blocks on offer, four in the Campos Basin and seven in the Santos Basin. See the blocks on offer: Campos Basin - Agua Marinha; Norte de Brava;... Continue Reading →
As we enter the final month of 2022, a review of the floating production system (FPS) market revealed that some E&Ps have been bold with investments in the development of their oil and gas (O&G) reserves, with a total of 1.9 mmboepd (1.3 mmbpd of oil and 3.8 bcfd of gas) of FPS throughput capacity... Continue Reading →
The global deep-water drilling giant Transocean has been awarded contracts in Brazil worth $1.04 billion for two ultra-deepwater drillships. Transocean said its drillships Deepwater Corcovado and Deepwater Orion would work offshore Brazil for a national oil company. Deepwater Corcovado was awarded a four-year contract, which contributes an estimated $583 million in backlog and is expected... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. Prosafe was declared the winner of a bidding process launched by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible unit in November. A potential contract award and the timing of the contract... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that CEO Caio Mário Paes de Andrade has accepted the invitation from future Governor Tarcísio de Freitas to be a member of the next São Paulo state government staff. In the coming weeks, CEO Caio will continue in his current role and will not participate in the transition in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/27/2022, informs that it has started today the binding phase concerning the sale of all its equity interest, corresponding to 34.54% of the total capital, in the company METANOR S/A - Metanol do Nordeste (Metanor), headquartered in Camaçari, in the state of Bahia.... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Company), continuing the notices released on October 31, 2022, and November 16, 2022, hereby informs that the public offering of real estate receivables certificates (CRI), in three (3) series, comprising the first (1st), second (2nd) and third (3rd) series of the (sixty-seventh) (67th) issuance of Opea Securitizadora S.A., backed by... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The transition team for Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sees no need for any emergency move at state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), sources said on Monday, after a meeting between Lula's team and the firm's top management. The state-run oil company briefed Lula's transition team on fuel pricing policy, according to the... Continue Reading →
Sweden-based Maha Energy has signed a binding term sheet regarding a business combination with DBO 2.0 S.A. (“DBO”) for a consideration of 36,775,410 new shares in Maha. According to Maha, DBO is a private upstream oil and gas company focusing on mature offshore fields in Brazil formed in 2017. The company says that DBO has... Continue Reading →
