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March 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian oil regulator ANP will tell state-run oil firm Petrobras to supply the diesel and gasoline volumes that the company would have auctioned this week in deals later canceled, it said on Thursday. This comes within a package of measures to monitor fuel stocks and imports and prevent possible supply problems, the... Continue Reading →
March 19 - Petrobras announces that it has contracted eight power plants from its thermoelectric energy portfolio in the 2026 Capacity Reserve Auction (LRCAP 2026), held today by Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) and the Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE), with technical support from the Energy Research Company (EPE). The auction aimed to contract firm capacity for the National... Continue Reading →
March 19 (offshore-energy.biz) Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing facility in Trieste, Italy, in the... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) conducted an audit to analyze how Petrobras contracts and operates FPSOs. These vessels are used to process oil and gas at sea, store it, and then transfer it to other ships. They are important for Petrobras because they are more flexible and faster to install than stationary exploration... Continue Reading →
March 18 (offshore-energy.biz) U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has won a multi-year deal with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras to support critical turbomachinery equipment for the South American country’s offshore and refinery operations. The 60-month service award, for which an agreement was signed in February 2026 with Petrobras following an open tender process, will... Continue Reading →
March 18, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs a new gas discovery in the Copoazu-1 exploratory well, located in Block GUA-OFF-O in deep waters offshore Colombia. This discovery consolidates the gas province and the gas potential in the Colombian offshore, while also adds a greater volume of gas to contribute to the region’s... Continue Reading →
March 17 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44 and, following the Material Fact disclosed to the market on January 16, 2026, informs its investors and the market in general that, on this date, March 16, 2026, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras communicated its decision to exercise... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, March 16, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that, as partner and operator of the Tartaruga Verde and Espadarte – Module III fields, located in the Campos Basin, it has notified Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. today of its decision to exercise its preemptive right to acquire the 50% interests in... Continue Reading →
March 16, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the Material Fact published on 11/06/2025 and the Communication published on 12/11/2025, informs that it will pay on 03/20/2026 the second installment of shareholder remuneration referring to the anticipation of compensation related to the 2025 fiscal year, declared in accordance with the balance... Continue Reading →
March 12, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the company’s adherence to the economic subvention for the commercialization of road diesel oil in Brazil’s national territory, established by Provisional Measure (MP) No. 1,340, dated March 12, 2026. Given the optional nature of... Continue Reading →
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