The Australian oil company Karoon Energy announced the plans for the acquisition of necessary equipment for the Patola field, in the Santos basin. The agreement was signed with TechnipFMC and provides for long-term items that will be used in the development of the asset. The information was disclosed in the company's financial and operating balance... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS WILL INCREASE EXPLORATORY ACTIVITY 50% BY 2025
The president of Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, said this Thursday that the state company should increase its exploratory activity over the next few years. According to the executive, the company will drill up to 58 wells by 2025. The number represents an increase of 50% in comparison with the five-year period from 2016 to 2020,... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Samsung, Hyundai, Daewoo prepare for Petrobras oil platform tender
(Reuters) - Three consortia including Asian shipyards are preparing to compete to build Brazil’s Petrobras’ first two in-house platforms in more than seven years, according to four people familiar with the tender who declined to be named as the information is private. Samsung Heavy Industries Co, Hyundai Heavy Industries Holding Co Ltd and Daewoo Heavy... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on approval of Petros Plan 3
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on January 18, 2021, informs that the Secretariat for Coordination and Governance of State-Owned Companies (SEST) and the National Private Pension Superintendence (PREVIC) approved the Petros Plan 3 (PP-3). PP-3 will be a private pension option exclusively aimed to voluntary and timely migration of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on agreement with Sete Brasil
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 12, 2020, informs that it has received a notification from the Sete Brasil in which: (a) it indicates that will not comply with certain conditions set forth in the agreement that should be fully met by January 31, 2021; and (b) requests... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Proved Reserves in 2020
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 8.816 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of December 31, 2020. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 86% and 14% of this total, respectively. In 2020, we... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Chief Refining and Natural Gas Officer
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the dismissal of Anelise Quintão Lara and elected Rodrigo Costa Lima e Silva as Chief Refining and Natural Gas Officer. The Refining and Natural Gas Office is responsible for the industrial operations of refining and natural gas and is... Continue Reading →
PETRO RIO CLOSING OF THE ACQUISITION OF 30% INTEREST IN FRADE
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PetroRio") (B3: PRIO3), in accordance with art. 26 of the Novo Mercado Regulation, and in addition to the Material Fact of November 28, 2019, informs its shareholders that the country’s National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (“ANP”) has approved the concession of the 30% interest in Frade Field, currently held... Continue Reading →
The last of the four relief vessels contracted by Petrobras, the Eagle Passos performs its first operation in the Santos Basin pre-salt
Eagle Passos, the last of the four new relievers hired to increase Petrobras' flow capacity, concluded this Tuesday its first oil transfer operation, carried out in the Tupi field, in the Santos Basin. The oil, collected from the P-67 and Cidade de Saquarema platforms, was subsequently unloaded from Eagle Passos to an export vessel in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on refinery sales
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media on the divestments progress of the refineries, clarifies: (i) the company has received a binding proposal for the sale of Alberto Pasqualini Refinery (REFAP), in Rio Grande do Sul, and is in the negotiation phase with Ultrapar Participações S.A.; (ii) the company has... Continue Reading →