(Reuters) - Brazilian chemical maker Unigel is interested in purchasing a fertilizer project from Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, its chief executive told Reuters on Friday. The operation of the unit, whose capacity as designed by Petrobras was 3,600 tonnes per day of urea and 2,200 tonnes per... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras increases natural gas prices to distributors by 19%
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) said on Friday it will increase natural prices for distributors in the country by an average 19% starting May 1. According to Petrobras, the adjustment follows the updating of formulas agreed with distributors, based on the variation of gas prices, Brent oil and the exchange rate. The quarterly update... Continue Reading →
Modec free to participate in future Petrobras tenders
(PN) The 13-month period of suspension of Modec from Petrobras bids comes to an end on the 30th of April. Petrobras suspended Modec for the poor performance in the operations of three FPSOs: Cidade de Rio de Janeiro, Cidade de Santos and Cidade de Niteroi. Modec's suspension from Petrobras' bids came into effect at the... Continue Reading →
Mero FPSO offshore Brazil close to start-up
(OM) Petrobras expects to start up the FPSO Guanabara next month at the Mero field in the deepwater Libra block, offshore Brazil. Connection activities at the oilfield – the third largest in Brail’s pre-salt regions after Búzios and Tupi – have finished, and the company is now waiting on regulatory approvals to initiate production. This is the first permanent... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on UFN III sale process
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 02/21/2020 and 02/04/2022, informs that sale process of 100% of its Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III (UFN-III), located in the city of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, with the Russian group Acron hasn’t been concluded, considering that the business plan proposed by the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Atapu and Sepia contracts
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today the Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer of Rights of Atapu in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (Shell - 25%) and TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (TotalEnergies - 22.5%), and a Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on receiving compensation for Sépia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it received today, at sight, the amount of R$ 14.55 billion from TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (TotalEnergies), Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (Petronas) and QP Brasil Ltda. (QP), related to the 70% stake of these companies in the Sépia compensation, block acquired by the consortium composed by Petrobras (30%),... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of its stake in Deten
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/16/2021, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of its entire stake (27.88%) in Deten Química S.A (Deten), located in the industrial complex of Camaçari, in the state of Bahia, to the company Cepsa Química S.A.,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras: Highlights on production and sales in 1Q22
In 1Q22, Petrobras kept a solid operating performance, with average oil, NGL and natural gas production reaching 2.80 MMboed, 3.4% above 4Q21. This result was achieved mainly due to the continuity of the ramp-ups of FPSOs Carioca (Sépia field) and P-68 (Berbigão and Sururu fields), located in the pre-salt of Santos Basin, to the lower... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of the Albacora Leste field to PetroRio
Petróleo Brasileiro SA – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11/05/2021, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of all its interest in the Albacora Leste concession, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin, to the company Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo LTDA. (PetroRio), a... Continue Reading →