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(PN) Tenaris announced that it has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide coating services for the Mero 4 production system, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Under the scope of the contract, Tenaris will apply 81 km of thermal insulation coating to risers and flow lines. “The qualification process will take place throughout 2024, with... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Latin America’s biggest oil company will be more cautious about issuing blockbuster dividends as it moves to become a renewable energy powerhouse, Petrobras Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates said in an interview. In 10 years about half of Petrobras’s revenue will come from wind, solar and renewable motor fuels — and the... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media, informs that there is no decision taken about the distribution of dividends not yet declared. Management's decisions on dividends, including the proposal for allocation of the result to be submitted for approval at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 25, 2024, will... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yara Brasil Fertilizantes S.A. (Yara) to study potential business partnerships for local initiatives in the fertilizer segment, production of industrial products and decarbonization of production. The MoU signed is of a non-binding nature and is aligned with the strategic... Continue Reading →
Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group has secured a contract by POSH Projects to act as tow master to support and supervise the towage of the Mero 3 FPSO from Yantai in China to Brazilian waters. As part of its scope of work, ABL’s operations in Singapore will provide a tow master to act as... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras took a new step in its exploration program in the Espírito Santo Basin. The company started drilling well 1-BRSA-1391-ESS, in block ES-M-596, in a water depth of 2,100 meters. The activity is being carried out with the Norbe IX drillship, from Foresea, according to information from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The ES-M-596... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of studying potential mutually beneficial business models in the low carbon economy with Arcelor Mittal Brasil. The companies will seek to identify commercial opportunities and potential partnerships in Brazil that are aligned with diversification and decarbonization strategies.... Continue Reading →
The platform ship Marechal Duque de Caxias left Yantai, China, today, February 24, heading for the Mero field, operated by Petrobras, in the pre-salt Santos Basin. The platform will start operating in September of this year and has the capacity to produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on December 15, 2023, informs that it has decided to exercise the tag-along right (joint sale) for the sale of its 18.8% stake in the share capital of UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA). The value of the transaction relating to Petrobras' stake in UEGA is... Continue Reading →
Despite suffering an adjusted net loss of $74 million during fourth-quarter 2023, offshore drilling company Transocean is in the midst of an upcycle, which CEO Jeremy Thigpen presciently predicted in the company’s third-quarter 2023 earnings call. Now it just needs to pay off. After a tough fourth quarter, Transocean expects to see a meaningful increase in demand for “longer-duration... Continue Reading →
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