Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras and the Sergipe Government signed today a protocol of intentions to identify business opportunities with the use of natural gas ,considering the development by the company of a new frontier in Sergipe Deep Waters. The objective of the protocol is to express the purpose of prospecting and structuring business opportunities,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on injunction to suspend Bahia Terra Cluster sale
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it was notified, on 06/09/22, of the preliminary injunction decision issued by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro, determining the paralysis of contractual negotiations with the Petrorecôncavo and Eneva consortium regarding the sale process of the onshore production fields located in the Recôncavo... Continue Reading →
Brazil Selects Gileno Gurjao Barreto as Petrobras Chairman
The Brazilian government selected Gileno Gurjao Barreto on Thursday as its nominee to chair state-run oil giant Petrobras' board. The Mines and Energy Ministry also confirmed Caio Mario Paes de Andrade as its nominee to be Petrobras' chief executive. The nominations, which still need to be approved by shareholders, come weeks after Brazil's President Jair... Continue Reading →
Naming Ceremony Held for Yinson’s Anna Nery FPSO
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson, with its project partner Sumitomo Corporation named the new FPSO Anna Nery, during a naming ceremony held concurrently in Jiangsu, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The FPSO Anna Nery is currently undergoing final conversion works and is going to set sail for Brazil in the third quarter, where it will be... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Oceanica Buys Two FET ROVs for Deepwater Work with Petrobras
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has delivered two work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) sales to Brazilian marine engineering company Oceanica to support its deepwater intervention operations. The systems were built at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, and delivered in the first half of 2022. "FET supplied two Perry XLX-C work-class ROV systems, both... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on news about privatization
Rio de Janeiro, June 07, 2022 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media about the Investment Partnership Program of the Presidency of the Republic (PPI), informs that, today, Resolution CPPI no. 240/2022 was published in the Official Federal Gazette, through which the PPI Council opined favorably to the inclusion... Continue Reading →
Petrobras delays refinery sale amid CEO changes
Amid successive changes of command, Petrobras will need to ask CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense) for more time to sell the refineries it needs to make available to the market because of an agreement signed with the antitrust body in 2019. More than two years after the agreement for the sale of the eight... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on sale of stake in electric power sector company
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has begun the teaser phase for the sale of its entire 18.80% stake in the company UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA), located in the state of Paraná. The teaser, which contains key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria for the selection of potential participants,... Continue Reading →
In April, Brazil produced about 3 million barrels of oil per day
(ANP) In April, Brazil produced 2.999 MMbbl/d (million barrels per day) of oil, an increase of 0.6% compared to the previous month and 0.8% compared to April 2021. 137 MMm3/d (million cubic meters daily) of natural gas, an increase of 1.8% compared to March and 4.1% compared to the same month of the previous year.... Continue Reading →
Ibama grants installation license for FPSO P-71 in Itapu field
(PN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted the installation license for the P-71 platform, which will be installed in the Itapu field. The unit is part of the replicating platform family and will have a production capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. Petrobras had requested the license to install the platform in September... Continue Reading →