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September 19, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held this Friday, September 18, approved the Company’s participation in the economic subsidy program for producers and importers of diesel fuel and its blending components, established by Provisional Measure No. 1,391, dated September 11, 2026. The Company’s... Continue Reading →
Sept. 18 (PN) Petrobras held the christening ceremony for the vessel Starnav Elektra this week in Rio. Built by the Detroit Shipyard in Itajaí (Santa Catarina), the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) represents an investment of approximately R$ 450 million and is the first vessel delivered under the Open Sea Program (Programa Mar Aberto), an initiative... Continue Reading →
Sept. 17 - Petrobras informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Netherlands B.V. (PNBV) has signed, with the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and PETROCI Holding, Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for eight offshore exploration blocks located in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The PSCs cover the offshore blocks CI-513, CI-600, CI-601, CI-602, CI-603, CI-605, CI-701 and CI-702. Petrobras, through PNBV,... Continue Reading →
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras said on Wednesday it will hike diesel prices to distributors by an average of 1 real ($0.1941) per liter as of Thursday, while also giving a discount of the same amount. As a result of the moves, which followed the company's decision to enroll in a... Continue Reading →
Sept. 16 - Vallourec—a global leader in premium seamless tubular solutions—announces that it has secured a major contract with Subsea7 to supply seamless carbon steel line pipe and thermal insulation coating for the Sepia 2 project, developed by Petrobras in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. This award follows the EPCI (Engineering,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 14 - Petrobras has signed a long-term Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement with Sempra Infrastructure, a U.S. company and subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE). The agreement, signed at the end of August, provides for Petrobras to purchase 0.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG for a period of 20 years,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 14 (OE) Petrobras has awarded Strohm a contract to supply thermoplastic composite pipes for water injection and gas lift applications in Brazil's deepwater post-salt cluster, with the technology to be tested in water depths of up to 1,500 metres. The contract with Strohm and its subsidiary Strohm Brasil also covers qualification testing, project engineering,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 13 (agencuainfra.com) Petrobras is expected to approve the proposal submitted by the Malaysian builder and operator Yinson for the Albacora FPSO (P-88), a Petrobras project in the Campos Basin. Sources at the state-owned company told Agência iNFRA that, despite concerns raised privately by competitors, the project design complies with the requirements. Companies that participated... Continue Reading →
Sept. 13 (agenciainfra.com) Lourenço Fróes, coordinator of Petrobras’ New FPSO Program (Profort), indicated on Friday (11) that the state-owned company is considering renewing the operating contracts for the FPSOs (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading units) in the Seap (Sergipe Deepwater) project with the builder and operator SBM Offshore. Currently, the contracts run for six and... Continue Reading →
Sept. 9 - Baker Hughes submitted the best bids in a Petrobras tender to contract up to 518.3 km of flexible lines, comprising both risers and flowlines. The pipelines are intended for various applications, such as gas lift, water injection, production, gas injection, service, gas export, and oil export. The tender also includes flexible pipelines... Continue Reading →
