In 2017, the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued a failure mode alert: stress corrosion cracking (SCC-CO2) triggered by the presence of CO2 in high-pressure pre-salt conditions had been identified as the cause of broken tensile armor wires on a certain flexible pipe installation. Relatively common in other applications where carbon steel is subject to... Continue Reading →
Rodolfo Saboia is the new director general of the ANP
Rodolfo Saboia took office on 23/12 as director general of the ANP. He was approved in the plenary of the Federal Senate and will occupy, in a four-year term, the vacancy left by Décio Oddone, who resigned in March of this year. Since the departure of Décio Oddone until yesterday, when his term officially ended,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract to sell onshore fields in Bahia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today with Petrorecôncavo S.A. a contract for the assignment of its entire stake in 12 onshore exploration and production fields, denominated Remanso Cluster, located in the state of Bahia. The sale value is US$ 30 million, being (i) US$ 4 million paid on the present date;... Continue Reading →
Talos Energy, Pemex Continue Talks over Zama Offshore Discovery
Mexico's energy ministry has approved a 60-day extension for talks between state oil company Pemex and a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy Inc over the future of a massive shared crude deposit, Talos chief executive Tim Duncan told Reuters on Tuesday. The energy ministry's previous deadline for a deal on an initial so-called... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to take over BP block operation in Foz do Amazonas
Petrobras will take over the operation of block FZA-M-59, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, and will be the main operator responsible for the areas contracted in deep waters in the region in 2013, in the 11th round. The information is from the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANP), which approved the change... Continue Reading →
PETRORIO CONVERSION OF THE PRISMA FINANCING AND RIG ACQUISITION
PetroRio S.A. (“Company” or “PetroRio”), in accordance with best corporate governance practices and transparency, and in order to maintain informational equity in view of the possible share offering disclosed in the Material Fact of December 15, 2020, informs its shareholders and the market in general about recent events of the Company. Long-Term Financing -... Continue Reading →
ENAUTA TAKES THE TOTALITY OF THE ATLANTA FIELD AND WILL LAUNCH TENDER TO CONTRACT A NEW FPSO
The oil company announced to its shareholders this morning that it will assume the entire stake in the Atlanta Field, in the BS-4 block of the Santos Basin. Looking to the future, the company is now preparing to start a bidding process to contract the definitive FPSO for the field - which today has an... Continue Reading →
PPSA will participate in the 2nd Round of Surplus of Transfer of Rights
The ANP Board approved yesterday the participations agreed between Pré-Sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) and Petrobras, on the volumes exceeding those contracted for Transfer of Rights in the areas of Atapu and Sépia, according to MME Ordinance No. 23 / 2020. MME Ordinance No. 23, dated 01/27/2020, qualified PPSA as a representative of the Federal Government... Continue Reading →
PETRORIO CHANGE OF MATERIAL EQUITY INTEREST
Petro Rio S.A. ("Company" or "PetroRio") (B3: PRIO3), in compliance with the provisions of article 12, paragraph 5 of CVM Instruction 358/02 (and its amendments by CVM Instruction 568/15) announces that it has received from Truxt Investimentos Ltda., correspondence informing the Company they are holders of a total of 21,814,976 common shares issued by the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract for sale of onshore fields in Bahia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release dated 09/06/2019, informs that has signed today with Ouro Preto Energia Onshore S.A., wholly-owned subsidiary of 3R Petroleum Óleo e Gás S.A., a contract for the sale all of its stakes in fourteen onshore exploration and production fields, called Recôncavo Cluster, located in the state... Continue Reading →