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Petrobras Names Vale CEO Ferreira to Take Over Board on April 29 by Juan Pablo Spinetto Paula Sambo 10:11 AM BRT March 27, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA is appointing the top executive at iron-ore miner Vale SA to lead its board from the end of next month as Brazil’s state-run oil producer attempts... Continue Reading →
Notices and Facts - PETROBRAS Clarification on News: Financial Statements Rio de Janeiro, March 26, 2015 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras complies with OFFICIAL LETTER/CVM/SEP/GEA-1/No. 91/2015, which requests the following information: OFFICIAL LETTER /CVM/SEP/GEA-1/No. 91/2015 “In reference to news released today by Agência Estado – Broadcast at 7:09:57 p.m. entitled “Sources: Petrobras to record... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Boardroom Helm Handed to Rousseff State Banker Ally By Juan Pablo Spinetto Sabrina Valle 6:48 PM BRT March 26, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA appointed a long-time ally of President Dilma Rousseff to lead its board, shunning calls to regain credibility by naming a more market-friendly executive. Petrobras, the Rio de Janeiro-based oil... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Oil Delays Seen by Fitch as Possible Rate-Cut Trigger By Sebastian Boyd Peter Millard 12:17 PM BRT March 26, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the biggest oil producer in deep waters, risks losing its investment-grade credit rating if it fails to complete deep-water production vessels fast enough to accelerate output, said Joe Bormann,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Bonds, After Slump, Find Takers Prices have risen in the past week amid expectations the oil company soon will resolve uncertainty over its finances Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Some of the state-run oil company’s bonds have risen 7% in the past week. PHOTO: ANTONIO LACERDA/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY By CAROLYN CUI/WSJ March 25, 2015 6:54... Continue Reading →
Galvao Engenharia Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Probe By Julia Leite 8:35 PM BRT March 25, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Galvao Engenharia SA, a Brazilian builder being investigated in a probe of alleged kickbacks at Petroleo Brasileiro SA, filed for bankruptcy protection in Rio de Janeiro. The company said in an e-mailed statement Wednesday that its... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Debt Said to Swell 70 Billion Reais in Currency Rout By Sabrina Valle 10:44 AM BRT March 25, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The oil industry’s biggest debt load just got 70 billion reais ($22 billion) heavier thanks to Brazil’s plunging currency, two people with knowledge of the matter said. That’s the amount Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s... Continue Reading →
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9080ccd2-cdaa-11e4-8760-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3VOtZ6dDn March 25, 2015 11:41 am Petrobras scandal knocks broader Brazilian oil industry Samantha Pearson in São Paulo/Financial Times ©Getty Rogério Caffaro is in a surprisingly good mood for someone who works in Brazil’s crisis-ridden oil and gas industry. The chief executive of Triunfo Logística, which operates port terminals, has just had lunch with Chinese... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’s Bonds Advance as S&P Affirms Ratings, Cuts Outlook By Julia Leite 8:16 PM BRT March 23, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA bonds rallied after Standard & Poor’s held off on downgrading the company’s credit rating, cutting only the outlook on the grade as the oil producer faces difficulties in financing investments. The state-controlled... Continue Reading →
S&P Cuts Petrobras’s Credit-Rating Outlook Amid Corruption Probe By Julia Leite 8:16 PM BRT March 23, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA had the outlook on its credit rating cut by Standard & Poor’s as the oil producer faces difficulties in financing investments amid Brazil’s largest-ever corruption probe. S&P cut the outlook on Petrobras’s BBB-... Continue Reading →
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