Brazilian state-controlled oil firm Petróleo Brasileiro SA has reduced prices for the gasoline it sells in Brazil to below parity with the fuel imported from the United States, reducing profit margins to regain market share. Petrobras, as the company is commonly known, has sharply reduced the price gap between the value of gasoline sold at... Continue Reading →
Petrobras – Advance payment of bank debt and new financing with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Banco Safra
Rio de Janeiro, August 3, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S/A. – Petrobras reports that it has effected today a transaction with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., member of MUFG, for prepayment of debt in the amount of US$ 333 million, with expected maturity in 2018, while simultaneous hiring new financing in the amount of... Continue Reading →
Scheduled shutdown of the P-58 platform in the Campos Basin is completed by Elfe
08/03/2017 Parque das Baleias in the Campos Basin. Petrobras held a scheduled 20-day shutdown on the P-58 platform, the largest unit of the oil company in production volume. According to technicians from Elfe, the company responsible for the shutdown, the services of improvements in the design of the platform were carried out successfully. The P-58 is installed in... Continue Reading →
Changes to the Executive Office of Petrobras Distribuidora (BR)
Rio de Janeiro, July 31, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Board of Directors of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Distribuidora S.A. (BR) approved today the reelection of Mr. Ivan de Sá Pereira Júnior to the position of CEO of BR for a two-year term. The Board of Directors also approved the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras – Divestment Opportunity Disclosure – Teasers
Rio de Janeiro, July 28, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it has started the divestment opportunity disclosure phase (Teasers) for the full sale of its exploration, development and production rights in seven sets of shallow-water fields (total of 30 concessions) located in the States of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe,... Continue Reading →
Clarification regarding adjustment of job posts at Petrobras refineries and fertilizer plants
Rio de Janeiro, July 25, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that in 2014 it started a study to reassess the processes at refining and fertilizer units, and, therefore, adjust the number of job posts for safer, more reliable and efficient operations at its industrial units. The Organization and Methods of Work (O&M)... Continue Reading →
Petrobras – Enrollment of debt related to Petros Plan renegotiation in the Special Program for Tax Regularization
Rio de Janeiro, July 26, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, pursuant to the material fact of June 30, 2017, reports that its Board of Directors approved today the inclusion in the Special Program for Tax Regularization (Programa Especial de Regularização Tributária – “PERT”),, established by Provisional Measure no. 783 of May 31, 2017,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras – Public Offering of Debentures with Limited Distribution Efforts
Rio de Janeiro, July 26, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in compliance with the provisions of Instruction no. 358, of January 3, 2002, by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil ("CVM"), reports that its Board of Directors has approved, in a meeting held today, the 5th (fifth) issue of simple, nonconvertible, unsecured... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras sees $1.9 billion hit to second quarter results from tax debits
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday that its second-quarter results will be hit by a 6 billion reais ($1.9 billion) charge to include debits from changes to a pension fund scheme in its tax normalization program. Petroleo Brasileiro SA said in a filing that it will make a total... Continue Reading →
Petrobras 2nd Quarter 2017 Results Release Date
Rio de Janeiro, July 25, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it will release its 2nd quarter 2017 results on August 10, 2017 after the market is closed. Therefore, between 07/26/2017 and 08/10/2017, the Company will be in quiet period, during which it will not be able to comment or provide clarifications... Continue Reading →
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