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September 6, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the disclosure made on June 25, 2018, reports that on August 30, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit confirmed the decision approving the agreement to settle the Class Action in the United States. As of today, the agreement is no longer... Continue Reading →
The chief executive of a natural gas pipeline unit of Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has been removed, the company told Reuters on Thursday, after a middleman in a graft scheme implicated him in plea bargain testimony. Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil (TBG), which operates a 1,610-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Bolivia to Brazil,... Continue Reading →
Sept 6, 2019 Petrobras, following up on the release dated 07/03/2019, reports the beginning of the binding phase to sell all of its stakes in 14 onshore exploration and production concessions, located in the state of Bahía, jointly called Recôncavo Cluster. Qualified parties for this phase will receive a process letter with detailed instructions on... Continue Reading →
Sept 6, 2019 Petrobras, following up on the release dated 06/11/2019, reports the beginning of the binding phase to sell all of its stakes in 27 onshore exploration and production concessions, located in Espírito Santo, jointly called Cricaré Cluster. Qualified parties for this phase will receive a process letter with detailed instructions on the divestment... Continue Reading →
Sep 04, 2019, The Brazilian Senate has approved an agreement for the transfer of rights over a disputed group of oil fields that would see state energy giant Petrobras get US$9 billion in compensation. Reuters reports the agreement also involves payouts to oil-producing states. These will come from the expected proceeds from auctions of the... Continue Reading →
A middleman in a graft scheme at Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has implicated the chairman of global energy trading firm Vitol in a bribery operation to obtain oil contracts, as well as two high-ranking executives at rival Trafigura and its former CEO, according to plea bargain testimony seen by Reuters. The individuals named in... Continue Reading →
Sept 5, 2019 Petrobras will require about 3,500 km of risers by 2023. Of this total, more than half (2,147,000 km) are still to be contracted, while 707 km have already been contracted, of which 357 km have been delivered and 283 km have contracts in progress. The figures were presented by Petrobras' General Manager... Continue Reading →
September 4, 2019 Petrobras plans to drill ten wells in five production sharing areas in about two years Petrobras will start new exploratory campaigns in the Campos and Santos Basins pre-salt in the first quarter of 2020. Work on five production sharing areas will include drilling ten wells by the second quarter of 2022. Two... Continue Reading →
Sept. 3, 2019 The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) approved, without restrictions, the acquisition by Galp Bioenergy of a 50% stake in Petrobras Biocombustíveis (Pbio) in Belem Bioenergia Brasil (BBB). With the approval, Galp becomes BBB's sole parent. The contract between the two subsidiaries was signed in early August. Headquartered in Belém (PA), BBB... Continue Reading →
02 Sept, 2019 Petrobras has made a new notification of verified evidence of oil. This time, the discovery took place in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, within block BM-SEAL-4, at 2,647 meters of water depth, in well 3-BRSA-1368-SES. Drilling of well 3-BRSA-1368-SES began on June 20 of this year, through the Petrobras 10,000 rig. Petrobras is the... Continue Reading →
