(Reuters) Joaquim Silva e Luna, the new chief executive of Brazil's Petrobras (PETR4.SA), will look to respect the company's current pricing policy and keep investing in deepwater assets, he said at his swearing-in ceremony on Monday. The comments by the former army general signaled that Petrobras' incoming administration will attempt to maintain some form of continuity... Continue Reading →
After Modest 2020, the Years 2021 and 2022 Could Be ‘Pretty Good’ for FPS Orders
(OE) There's one thing that's certain about the price of oil, it goes up and it goes down, but nobody knows when that will happen, Jim McCaul, an expert in the offshore floating production sector for 30 years, recently said in an interview for Offshore Engineer TV, discussing the past, the present and the future... Continue Reading →
Keppel in Talks with Petrobras to Build FPSO for Buzios Field
Singapore's Keppel Corporation has confirmed it has been in talks with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras to built an FPSO vessel for the Buzios field offshore Brazil. In a statement on Friday, responding to an article by Upstream Daily News, Keppel Corp. said: "The company wishes to confirm that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard Limited,... Continue Reading →
Devolution of the Peroba block marks first failure of production sharing
The Petrobras (40%), CNODC (20%) and BP (40%) consortium returned to ANP the sharing contract for the Peroba exploratory block, which was won in the 3rd pre-salt auction, held in 2017. The area is the first failure of the production sharing auctions, which were resumed under the Michel Temer government after the end of Petrobras'... Continue Reading →
Petrobras approves the election of CEO and Chief Officers
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the company's Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, elected Joaquim Silva e Luna to the position of CEO of the company.The Board of Directors, as part of the process of composing the Petrobras´ Board of Executive Officers, also approved the following appointments: 1- Election of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on partial devolution of area in Libra
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the consortium of Libra, constituted by Petrobras (40%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (20%), Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. (20%), CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. (10%) and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (10%), having Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) as contract manager, notified the National Agency of Petroleum,... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Petrobras mulls insiders to fill key management vacancies -sources
(Reuters) Incoming Petrobras CEO Joaquim Silva e Luna, an army veteran with no oil experience, has endorsed four career executives to head up key company divisions rather than bringing in more outsiders, people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The board of directors of Petroleo Brasileiro SA , as Brazil's state-controlled company is... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on leasing of the LNG Regasification Terminal
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on October 1, 2020, informs that it published today the Call for the second bidding process to lease the Bahia LNG Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) and associated facilities, in the State of Bahia, in line with the Agreement for the natural gas market, entered into... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings
- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Annual and Extraordinary General Meeting, held today, exclusively under the digital format analyzed and approved, by majority vote, the following: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I. Assessing the Management’s accounts, examining, discussing and voting on the Management’s Report and the Company’s Financial Statements, with... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on approval of dividend payment at Annual General Meeting
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on February 24, 2021, informs that, in a meeting held today, the Annual General Meeting approved the proposal for allocation of the 2020 fiscal year results forwarded by the Board of Directors, of remuneration to shareholders in the form of dividends in the amount... Continue Reading →