Rio de Janeiro, May 13, 2024 Main highlights: Consistent results: adjusted EBITDA of US$ 12.1 billion, Operating Cash Flow (FCO) ofUS$ 9.4 billion and Net profit of US$ 4.8 billion. Financial debt at US$ 27.7 billion, the lowest level since 2010. Gross debt is undercontrol at US$61.8 billion, within the range established in our Strategic... Continue Reading →
Petrobras details Marlim gains, shipyard initiatives
OM) Petrobras expects to produce a further 860 MMboe from its revitalization of the Marlim Field in the Campos Basin by 2048, when the term for the concession is due to expire. Prior to the project, Marlim's production was projected to cease in 2025. Instead, Petrobras chose to replace nine platforms with two new FPSOs, which... Continue Reading →
Two more SBM FPSOs nearing completion
(OM) SBM Offshore expects to deliver the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré to Petrobras later this year, the company said in a trading update. The topside modules lifting campaign has finished, and integration and commissioning activities are progressing. The completed platform should produce first oil from the Búzios Field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil next year. As for other FPSOs... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Required to Assess Indigenous Impact of Amazon Offshore Drilling
(Reuters) Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras must do a series of studies on the impact on Indigenous groups in the Amazon area of planned offshore drilling nearby in order to analyze the project's viability, according to a federal agency and documents from government agencies. The wide-ranging studies demanded by Brazil's environmental agency Ibama are meant... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras to begin drilling at Colombia’s Uchuva-2 well this month
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras will begin to drill off Colombia's coast at its Uchuva-2 well this month, Chief Exploration and Production Officer Joelson Mendes told journalists during a press-conference. The promising area off Colombia's coast could justify a large project to supply natural gas to the Andean country and for exports, Mendes said in... Continue Reading →
OTC 2024: Petrobras gains second achievement award for Marlim Field innovations
(OM) Petrobras has received the Distinguished Achievement Award at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) for its innovations at the Marlim Field and others in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The company’s president Jean Paul Prates said, “Through intensive use of innovation and technology, we managed to increase production in the Campos Basin by 230,000 bbl/d, which was already considered... Continue Reading →
Petrobras cheers 41% cut in operational GHG emissions since 2015
(Offshore-energy.biz) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has tucked a new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction milestone under its belt with a 41% drop in operational absolute GHG emissions between 2015 and 2023 on the decarbonization journey towards a just energy transition and net zero operations. Thanks to this, one of the highlights of the new... Continue Reading →
FPSO Maria Quiteria begins journey towards Brazil to be installed in the Jubarte Field in the Campos Basin
(PN) Yinson announced that the FPSO Maria Quitéria departed the Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry shipyard, in China, heading to Brazil. The vessel is expected to arrive in the country during the second quarter of 2024 and will be installed in the Jubarte field, in the northern part of the Campos Basin. The FPSO will be... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Oil Juniors Hunt for Mergers After Shift at Petrobras
(Bloomberg) -- Petrobras’ shift away from oil-field divestment is motivating a pivot by Brazil’s junior drillers to corporate acquisitions as the most-viable expansion strategy. The independent Brazilian crude producers that grew the most from buying Petrobras’ fields — PRIO SA, 3R Petroleum Oleo e Gas SA, Enauta Participacoes SA and PetroReconcavo SA — are all... Continue Reading →
OTC 2024: Petrobras CEO stresses importance of partnerships during energy transition
(OM In a jam-packed, standing-room-only session at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Petrobras President and CEO Jean Paul Prates emphasized that synergy is the lifeblood of the industry and that collaboration with suppliers and investors will leverage the sector and pave the way for an energy transition without leaving behind workers, service providers, contractors or... Continue Reading →