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Jul 14, 2020 With a 'significantly reduced' risk of corruption, Petrobras is once again eligible to receive investments from KLP, Norway's largest pension fund, with a total equity of R$ 430 billion. In a statement, the fund noted that the company has significantly strengthened its governance in recent years, so that the risk of corruption... Continue Reading →
July 13, 2020 The new coronavirus pandemic accelerated Petrobras' strategy of concentrating efforts on the pre-salt layer. The state-owned company, which had already been selling subsidiaries, announced plans in the last three months to reduce by 34% the number of employees (from 45,500 to 30,000), to close nine commercial buildings and leave half of the... Continue Reading →
On Friday, May 1, two workers on the PXA-1 offshore platform owned by Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras checked into the facility’s infirmary complaining of headaches and fever-like symptoms. Another Petrobras employee fell visibly ill the following day, three workers from the platform told Reuters. The sickness spread further in the subsequent days, stoking anxiety... Continue Reading →
July 11, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has decided, preventively, to interrupt supplying a specific imported batch of aviation gasoline after tests carried out at its research center (Cenpes). The company identified that this batch had a different aromatic content compounds than the batches imported until then, although in accordance with... Continue Reading →
July 9, 2020 After giving up on appealing a lawsuit, Petrobras has already started talks with the National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) to change the name of the Lula field, the largest oil producing field in the country named after former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The name change was requested in... Continue Reading →
July 9, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding to the news published in the media, referring to the divestment of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM), clarifies that there was approval by the Company's internal bodies to start the negotiation phase of the applicable contracts and the Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) presented the best binding... Continue Reading →
July 9, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed today with OP Pescada Óleo e Gás Ltda., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ouro Preto Óleo e Gás S.A., an agreement for the sale of its entire stake in the Pescada, Arabaiana, and Dentão fields located in shallow waters of the Potiguar Basin (Pescada... Continue Reading →
Mexico's state oil company Pemex and a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy Inc have been instructed to come to an agreement detailing how they will jointly develop a large offshore oil find, the energy ministry said on Wednesday. The formal instruction from the energy ministry, dated July 7 but announced in a statement... Continue Reading →
July 8, 2020 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the Paulínia Refinery (Replan), located in the state of São Paulo, broke the monthly production record for Bunker 2020, a low-sulfur fuel oil used on ships, for the second consecutive month. In June, the refinery reached 148 thousand m³, 20% higher than the previous record... Continue Reading →
July 6, 2020 Petrobras withdrew from the pilot plant project for offshore wind generation in Rio Grande do Norte, informed the Emissions and Climate Change manager of the state-owned company, Viviana Coelho, during a webinar promoted by EPBR, on Friday (3/7). In October 2019, Petrobras requested prior and installation licenses to implement the project the... Continue Reading →
