Rio de Janeiro, September 21, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, pursuant to the press release disclosed on June 23, 2017, informs that the extrajudicial mediation procedure with Sete Brasil Participações S.A. (“Sete Brasil”) – currently under Judicial Reorganization - has been initiated, for which the mediator chosen by the parties is Mr. Gustavo... Continue Reading →

Sept 19, 2017 Dommo Energia announces to its shareholders and market that, in an Extraordinary General Shareholders meeting on Sept 19, 2017, the change of  OGX Petroleo e Gas S.A. denomination was approved to Dommo Energia S.A. See attached DommoEnergia_eng

Following a recent deal to sell its oil business, Danish shipping giant Maersk has now reached an agreement to sell its Maersk Tankers unit. The company said on Wednesday it would sell the shares in Maersk Tankers to APMH Invest A/S (APMHI) for USD 1,171 mill. on a debt and cash-free basis. APMHI is a... Continue Reading →

A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected a request by lawyers for Michel Temer to suspend the criminal charges filed against him, a decision which may actually benefit the president by paving the way for a swift resolution to the case. The bulk of the court’s 11 judges voted to throw out the defense’s argument... Continue Reading →

French oil major Total which recently announced the acquisition of Maersk Oil for $7.45 billion, is also investing in energy efficiency and renewables businesses. The company on Tuesday announced a partnership with EREN Renewable Energy to expand its renewable business. On the same day, Total said it had acquired GreenFlex, a French company specialized in... Continue Reading →

Brazil’s new top federal prosecutor on Tuesday reshuffled the team of investigators in charge of pursuing the biggest corruption probe yet conducted in Latin America’s largest nation. Prosecutor General Raquel Dodge, who took over the post on Monday after the end of her predecessor Rodrigo Janot’s term, had previously invited all the members of Janot’s... Continue Reading →

  19/09/2017 The vessel "Abdias Nascimento" was delivered by the Atlantico Sul Shipyard to Transpetro and started operations on the 14 having its destination on its first trip to the Campos Basin. At 274 meters in length, the ship has a loading capacity of 1 million barrels of oil and is ready to operate in... Continue Reading →

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – September 18, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) today announced the pricing of two series of global notes denominated in U.S. Dollars (the “New Money Notes”) to be issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”).  As previously announced in Petrobras’s press release dated... Continue Reading →

The new prosecutor general tasked with leading Brazil’s anti-corruption drive was sworn in on Monday, and said she would continue her predecessor’s campaign against graft in Latin America’s biggest nation. Raquel Dodge took over as head of the prosecutor-general’s office from Rodrigo Janot, during whose tenure investigators uncovered Brazil’s largest graft scheme, involving billions of... Continue Reading →