(TN) Subsea7, a global leader in the delivery of offshore projects and technology for the energy sector, confirmed, after a competitive process, the signing of four long-term daily rate contracts for engineering vessels (PLSVs) with Petrobras. The agreements, which will begin next year, have a combined value of more than US$1.25 billion and will be... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on minority shareholder correspondence
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that it has received correspondence from minority shareholders of the Company requesting the convening of an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") for the election of members of the Board of Directors ("BoD") and for the chairmanship of the BoD, under the argument that there would have been dismissal of a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about assignment of minority stake in Brentech Energia S.A.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that today it signed a contract for the assignment of its entire 30% (thirty percent) stake in Brentech Energia S.A. (Brentech) to Enegen Participações Ltda (Enegen), Petrobras' partner in Brentech and holder of a 70% (seventy percent) stake in the company. The transaction closed with the signing of the... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Finance Minister sees no reason to worry about Petrobras
(Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said there is no reason to worry about state oil major Petrobras after a recent leadership change that caused the company's shares to plummet. In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde published on Wednesday, Haddad said the appointment last week of Magda Chambriard as the company's CEO... Continue Reading →
PGS Good to Go on Petrobras’ 4D Survey Offshore Brazil
(OE) Norwegian seismic firm PGS has obtained all permits for the start of the large Petrobras’ 4D survey over the Barracuda Caratinga fields, offshore Brazil. The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) has issued the final permit for the large 4D survey over the Barracuda Caratinga fields and the survey is about... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 Secures Over $1.25B Contract for Work at Petrobras’ Buzios Field
(OE) Offshore services firm Subsea 7 has been awarded a ‘super major’ contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 9 field offshore Brazil. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and pre-commissioning of 102 kilometres of rigid risers and flowlines for the steel lazy wave production system. The exact value of the... Continue Reading →
Argentina government unblocks key Petrobras gas shipment amid supply cuts
(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 →