(Reuters) - Argentina's government, facing domestic gas shortages and targeted service cuts, said on Wednesday that it had unblocked the unloading of a key Petrobras gas shipment, which it added should stabilize local supply. Recent cold weather had already hit gas supplies in the South American country, but that worsened when the unloading of the gas shipment... Continue Reading →
Yinson Production Refinances FPSO Anna Nery Through $1B Bond Placement
(OE) Yinson Production has placed $1.035 billion senior secured notes to refinance the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Anna Nery, working for Petrobras in the Marlim field, offshore Brazil. The successful pricing of $1.035 billion 144A/Reg S non-recourse, senior secured notes, was issued by Yinson Boronia Production, which owns and operates the FPSO... Continue Reading →
New Petrobras CEO Says Oil Prospect is of “National Interest”
(Reuters) Petrobras' new chief executive said a basin in Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an environmentally sensitive offshore prospect seen as the country's most promising frontier for oil exploration, was a matter of "national interest." Magda Chambriard, who took over as the state-controlled oil company's chief executive after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired its former... Continue Reading →
Platform ship Marechal Duque de Caxias arrives in Brazil on its way to the pre-salt layer
The platform ship Marechal Duque de Caxias arrived in Brazil today, 05/27, from China, heading for the Mero field in the pre-salt Santos Basin. The platform of the FPSO type (floating production, storage, and transfer unit) can produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas, all... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Makes FID to Advance Two Oil Projects Offshore Brazil
(OE) Petrobras, together with its partners, has made the final investment decision (FID) for the second development phase of Atapu and Sépia fields, located in the prolific pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Atapu field has been producing since 2020 through the P-70 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, with a production capacity of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contracts with Seatrium for Platforms P-84 and P-85
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that, today, it signed contracts with Seatrium O&G Americas Limited to acquire the P-84 and P-85 vessel platforms. Both units will be self-owned and installed in the Atapu and Sépia fields, respectively, in ultra-deep waters of the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, with first oil date between 2029 and... Continue Reading →
Board of Directors approves election of the new Petrobras CEO
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, following up on the release published on 05/22/2024, informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, appointed Magda Chambriard as a member of the Board of Directors and elected her as the company's new CEO. Magda Chambriard took office in both positions on this date and joined... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s 3R and Enauta to follow Petrobras into Foz do Amazonas exploration
(Reuters) - The oil firm to be created from the merger of Brazil's 3R Petroleum and Enauta wants to explore the Foz do Amazonas' basin if state-run firm Petrobras finds oil there, its future CEO Decio Oddone told Reuters. Enauta has rights over an oil block in Foz do Amazonas, considered the most promising area in Brazil's so-called... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s government expects full Petrobras extra dividends in 2024
(Reuters) - Brazil's government expects Petrobras will pay out all of its extraordinary dividends, according to a revenue projection for this year, even though the state oil company has yet to make a decision on that. "We consider the distribution of 100% of Petrobras' extraordinary dividends as the probable scenario," Treasury Secretary Rogerio Ceron said on... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about the Eligibility Committee’s manifestation
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Facts disclosed on May 14 and 15, 2024, informs that the People Committee of its Board of Directors, functioning as the Eligibility Committee (CELEG), concluded, on this date, the analysis of Mrs. Magda Chambriard for the positions of Member of the Board of Directors and... Continue Reading →