May 15, 2020 PetroRio recorded positive indicators in the first quarter, such as the increase in production and reserves and an Adjusted EBITDA of R $ 238.9 million - almost 12x above the R $ 20.2 million obtained in the same period of 2019. Net profit in the period was R $ 44.5 million, despite... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Delays Garoupa Offshore Oilfield Cluster Sale
Petrobras has delayed the submission of binding offers for an oilfield cluster known as Polo Garoupa for the fourth time, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as investor appetite in Brazil's offshore oil sector rapidly dries up. With annual production of 19,600 barrels of oil equivalent per day according to bidding documents... Continue Reading →
PetroRio eyeing Manati participation
May 12, 2020 PetroRio is eyeing the participation in the sale of Petrobras in the Manati field, a shallow water concession in the Camamu Basin whose teaser was published by the state-owned company last week. “We know the field well, so we are looking at the asset. There is the possibility of different projects in... Continue Reading →
Permanent Offer – ANP approves the inclusion of new blocks
May 6, 2020 The Collective Board of ANP approved in Deliberative Circuit No. 411, of April 6, 2020, the final versions of the revision of the public notice and the new model of contract for the Permanent Offer. The final versions were sent to the Federal Audit Court (TCU), under the terms of Normative Instruction... Continue Reading →
ANP Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production – March 2020
May 5, 2020 ANP published the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production with detailed data for March 2020. This month, 3,739 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day) were produced, of which 2,973 MMbbl / d ( million barrels per day) of oil and 122 MMm3 / d (million m3... Continue Reading →
DEADLINE FOR PETROBRAS DISINVESTMENTS OF SHALLOW WATER AND ONSHORE FIELDS IS EXTENDED UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR – ANP
May 4, 2020 The crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is changing the calendar for the entire oil and gas sector in Brazil. This time, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) decided to extend to December 31 this year the deadline for Petrobras to conclude the divestments of its fields onshore and in shallow water. The... Continue Reading →
Petrobras releases teaser for E&P in Camamu Basin – Manati field
May 4, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in the Manati field, a maritime production concession in shallow waters located in the Camamu Basin, in the State of Bahia. The teaser, which includes key information about the... Continue Reading →
Coronavirus Hits 7 Petrobras Offshore Platforms in Campos basin
Apr 30, 2020 Seven platforms operated by Brazilian oil company Petrobras in the Campos basin have confirmed cases of the coronavirus among its staff, the FUP oil workers union said on Wednesday. The FUP will ask oil industry regulator ANP and health authorities to halt work on the platforms with the most cases, adding that... Continue Reading →
Oil Firms Ask Brazil’s Regulator to Mothball 29 Fields
Brazil's oil industry has requested 29 oilfields be mothballed so far, including 16 offshore and 13 onshore, with a total production of 65,000 barrels per day, as the sector struggles with lower demand amid the coronavirus outbreak, local regulator ANP said. Twenty of the oilfields expected to be mothballed are in the process of being... Continue Reading →
Activation of Garoupa depends on divestment
Apr 14, 2020 The resumption of operation of the platforms of the Polo Garoupa, in the Campos Basin, will depend on the result of the divestment operation of Petrobras, said managers of the state-owned company in a meeting with the Federation of Oil Workers (FUP), on Tuesday (14/4) . Since the end of March, Petrobras... Continue Reading →