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(Reuters) Guyana received bids from 15 different companies aiming to market the government's share of the crude produced off the South American country's coast, according to Guyana's National Procurement and Tender Board Administration website on Wednesday. The government re-launched the search last month after a previous tender was discarded. Bids were due on Aug. 3,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexico's government is investigating the world's largest independent energy trader Vitol over "irregularities" in the documenting of its refined oil products entering Mexico that could lead to criminal charges for tax evasion, the country's tax chief told Reuters. The probe of Vitol (VITOLV.UL) is part of a drive to investigate alleged import tax... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Audit Court (TCU) says there is a risk of fuel shortages in regional markets as a result of the sales of assets by state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), according to a statement on the court's website. The TCU said it found a risk of shortages in an audit of the... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The exploratory success in neighboring Suriname and Guyana, nations that entered the world oil and gas map after relevant discoveries on their coast, is a strong indication that the Brazilian portion of the Equatorial Margin also has great potential to become a new oil and gas production hub in the country. The topic was... Continue Reading →
The finance director of Petrobras, Rodrigo Araújo, revealed that the company received proposals with “substantially lower” values in the sale process of the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (Repar), located in Paraná. Within the company's divestment program in the refining segment, this transaction is behind in relation to other negotiations, as detailed during a virtual conference... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce a EUR150 million (c. US$180 million) share repurchase program, effective from August 5, 2021. The objective of the program is to reduce share capital and, in addition, to provide shares for regular management and employee share programs. The repurchase program is expected to be completed within the year 2021, and... Continue Reading →
Oil company Enauta informed that it will return the CE-M-661 block, located in the Ceará Basin, after the end of its first exploratory period on site in November this year tothe National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP). The company had acquired a 25% stake in the asset in a bidding round held in... Continue Reading →
(Oilprice) The global push to substantially reduce carbon and other fossil fuel emissions is expected to sharply impact demand for fossil fuels. It will eventually trigger a phenomenon known as peak oil demand, where crude oil consumption will cease growing, flat line, and then progressively contract causing prices to fall. A raft of analytical agencies and... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has celebrated a new addendum to the Term of Commitment to Cessation (TCC) signed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), with the purpose of extending the deadline for Petrobras to continue with the discussions for the effective conclusion of the negotiation processes and to execute... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has been granted a royalty rate reduction for the Tubarão Martelo field by the country’s authorities in an effort to incentivize investment in revitalization. Brazil’s National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) approved PetroRio’s Development Plan for the cluster consisting of the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo offshore fields, the... Continue Reading →
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