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July 6, 2020 Petrobras withdrew from the pilot plant project for offshore wind generation in Rio Grande do Norte, informed the Emissions and Climate Change manager of the state-owned company, Viviana Coelho, during a webinar promoted by EPBR, on Friday (3/7). In October 2019, Petrobras requested prior and installation licenses to implement the project the... Continue Reading →
July 6, 2020 Focused on the development of the Búzios field, Petrobras prepares series of tenders for the second half of the year. New notices to contract three FPSOs for the Búzios project (phases VI, VII and VIII), in the Santos cluster, one with a production capacity of 225 thousand bopb and two with 180... Continue Reading →
July 6, 2020 Reuters) - Petrobras' decision to sell part of its refining assets is in line with national energy policy and does not go against the Supreme Federal Court (STF) decision on privatization, defended the Ministries of Economy and Mines and Energy in joint note this Monday. The manifestation of the portfolios follows the... Continue Reading →
Norway’s Aker Solutions has delivered the last of 60 sets of subsea trees for pre-salt exploration for Petrobras. This marks the conclusion of the company’s biggest project in Brazil. Aker Solutions landed a deal with Petrobras to provide subsea equipment for deepwater pre-salt field developments in Brazil in March 2013. Continue reading
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is considering installing offshore units to liquefy the growing natural gas production from the so-called pre-salt area, the company's emissions and climate change manager said during a webinar on Friday. Liquefied natural gas units could be an alternative for the gas associated with oil produced at the deep-water exploratory region... Continue Reading →
Swiss-based technology giant ABB will provide electrical, control, and telecommunication solutions for Malaysia-based Yinson's new FPSO - Anna Nery. Once delivered, the FPSO will be deployed at Petrobras' Marlim 2 oil field offshore Brazil. "Leveraging its ABB Ability System 800xA control system with Select Input/Output (IO), ABB will take responsibility for integration engineering in the project,... Continue Reading →
San Donato Milanese (MI), July 6th 2020 Saipem has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system to serve the Búzios pre-salt project, in water depths from 1537 to 2190 meters, offshore the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Búzios-5 overall production system foresees the interconnection of 15... Continue Reading →
July 03, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on May 15, 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its 10% remaining stake in Nova Transportadora do Sudeste S.A. (NTS). Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive a process letter with detailed instructions... Continue Reading →
July 3, 2020 Following its plan to increase digitization in its processes, Petrobras has hired a new satellite service and is already seeing the first positive results. According to the company, the change will allow a 75% reduction in transmission time between platforms, going from 600 to 150 milliseconds - less than the blink of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras releases teaser for sale of Petrobras Biocombustível July 03, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBIO) This transaction consists of the sale of 100% of Petrobras' shares in PBIO, including three biodiesel plants, and does... Continue Reading →
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