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As the weeks ticked down to Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction, state-run Petrobras held increasingly frantic talks to find potential partners, with the heaviest blow coming when major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) pulled out days before, according to six people familiar with the matter. While many firms were far from ready to take on enormous signing... Continue Reading →
Nov 8, 2019 On November 4, Petrobras received from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the Operating License for the Development of Production and Disposal of Berbigão and Sururu, which will take place through FPSO P-68, within the scope of the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Pole Oil and Natural Gas Production and... Continue Reading →
Nov 8, 2019 Petrobras began a new drilling in the SEAL-M-424 block in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The work on well 3-BRSA-1371-SES is conducted by Transocean's Petrobras 10,000 drillship in 2,696,000 m water depth. The block is part of the BM-SEAL-10 concession. The well is the seventh in the SEAL-M-424 since 2012 and the third drilled... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras wants to further lower its stake in Petrobras Distribuidora SA, the fuel distribution unit it recently privatized via a share offering, the company’s chief executive said on Friday. Roberto Castello Branco added that Petroleo Brasilerio SA, as the company is officially known, has divested 70 oil blocks so... Continue Reading →
Nov 8, 2019 (Reuters) - Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras, which dominated this week’s disappointing offshore oil auctions, has no interest in farming out its Buzios block to be operated by another firm, its head of exploration and production said on Friday. Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row... Continue Reading →
Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco said the reason most major oil companies didn’t show up for Brazil’s massive auction was because of the astronomic price tag and regulatory uncertainties. “The amount that companies would need to commit upfront, with license fees and compensation to Petrobras, was too high,” Castello Branco said in an interview Wednesday... Continue Reading →
Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row on Thursday, passing up promising offshore blocks and forcing officials to reconsider a bidding system that gives a privileged position to state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA). The only block awarded in Thursday’s bidding went to the Brazilian oil firm, known as Petrobras,... Continue Reading →
November 7, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that, as part of the competitive process for divestment of its entire shareholding in Liquigás Distribuidora S.A., the group comprised of Copagaz, Itaúsa and Nacional Gás Butano submitted the best final offer for the company’s acquisition, in the amount of R$ 3.7 billion. The transaction will... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s state-run Petrobras and CNODC, a unit of China National Petroleum Corp, were awarded rights to explore and produce oil at the Aram block in the country’s Santos basin by offering the minimum allowed profit oil of 29.96 percent. This was the only bid of the 6th Pre-Salt Round. The other blocks did not recieve... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction frustrated expectations on Wednesday, as high prices and the dominant role of state-run oil company Petrobras scared off global oil majors. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), as the Brazilian firm is also known, and Chinese state firms CNOOC (0883.HK) and CNODC [CNPC.UL] made the only bids out of over a dozen major... Continue Reading →
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