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Aug 27 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras on Wednesday concluded an emergency drill in the country's Foz do Amazonas basin, the company and Brazil's environmental agency said, marking one of the final steps needed to secure a controversial exploration license at the mouth of the Amazon river. Petrobras considers the drill, a pre-operational... Continue Reading →
Aug 26 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, which left Nigeria five years ago, should be able to return quickly, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu told a news conference with his Brazilian counterpart as part of a two-day visit to deepen ties. Petrobras began operations in Nigeria in 1998 in the deep waters off the Niger Delta.... Continue Reading →
Aug. 25 *PN) Petrobras President Magda Chambriard stated that the company has just reached a new milestone in natural gas processing. According to the executive, the state-owned company surpassed the 50 million cubic meters of natural gas processed per day mark last Saturday (23). "As we have said, it is the effort to increasingly make... Continue Reading →
Aug. 25 - The Pre-Operational Test (POT), conducted by Ibama, is the final stage of the environmental licensing process for drilling in block FZA-M-59, in deep waters off Amapá, in the Equatorial Margin. See below the answers to the main questions about this simulated exercise. What is the POT? The Pre-Operational Test (POT) is the final stage of the environmental licensing process conducted... Continue Reading →
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Bruno Moretti is the leading candidate to become chairman of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras after Pietro Mendes resigned from the role, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Moretti currently serves as special secretary for government analysis at the office of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chief... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) A flexible, large subsea construction vessel owned by Norwegian DOF Group has been contracted on a four-year term charter with Brazil’s oil & gas company Petrobras. Under the contract valued at approximately $165 million, Skandi Salvador will operate with two work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and a subsea crane, with delivery expected in December.... Continue Reading →
August 20, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the statement disclosed on December 16, 2024, announces that it has received today the resignation, effective immediately, of the Chairman of the company's Board of Directors, Mr. Pietro Adamo Sampaio Mendes, from his positions as Chairman and member of the Board of Directors... Continue Reading →
August 20, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Fact published on 05/12/2025, informs that it will make today the payment of the first installment of shareholder remuneration relating to the balance sheet of March 31, 2025. The gross amount to be distributed today, entirely in the form of interest... Continue Reading →
Aug. 20 (Reuters) Brazil's Transpetro, the logistics subsidiary of state-run oil firm Petrobras, is set to relaunch a tender for building barges after low interest in a May bidding process, Transpetro Chief Executive Sergio Bacci said on Tuesday. In May the firm put up the tender for the four barges intended for fuel transportation operations,... Continue Reading →
Aug. 19 (offshore-energy.biz) Following the arrival of a drillship at its drill site, Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras is getting ready to embark on the pre-operational assessment, as the final stage of the licensing process for drilling a deepwater well in Amapá. As one of the resources that will be put into practice... Continue Reading →
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