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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that today the plenary composition of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), by majority vote, denied the preliminary injunction request formulated by the Federal Senate and Congress comitees regarding the Complaint 42576 to suspend the processes of divestment in refining and their respective logistic assets. Therefore, the company will continue... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the adhesion to the ICMS debt and interest penalty reduction programs (Amnesties), according to the CONFAZ regulations ICMS 146/2019 and 51/2020, instituted by the states Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, respectively. The total amount of contingencies to... Continue Reading →
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) has decided that Petrobras can proceed with the sale of half of its refining park. The voting score ended 6 to 4 in favor of the oil company. As is well known, the judgment on the theme in the Court originated after the Senate and Chamber of Deputies questioned the... Continue Reading →
The construction has started in Norway of what will be the world's largest floating wind farm - the Hywind Tampen. Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Kværner apprentice Arne Linga officially kickstarted the construction work by starting the cutting robot on the project's first sheet of steel on Thursday, 1 October. Kværner is responsible for... Continue Reading →
Noble Energy Inc shareholders on Friday are expected to approve its sale to Chevron for about $4.2 billion in stock, cementing the first big energy deal since the coronavirus crushed global fuel demand. The purchase would boost Chevron's U.S. shale oil holdings and add nearly 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas reserves close to... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC said it has won a large contract to supply subsea equipment for ExxonMobil's Payara development offshore Guyana, following the oil major's FID on the project on Wednesday. Under the contract, TechnipFMC will manufacture and deliver the subsea production system, including 41 enhanced vertical deep water trees and associated tooling, six flexible risers... Continue Reading →
MODEC, Inc. is pleased to announce that a US$ 1.1 billion project bond, issued by an affiliate of MODEC in August 2019, has been awarded as "Project & Infrastructure Finance Bond of the Year 2020" from LatinFinance, the leading source of intelligence on the financial markets and economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. For... Continue Reading →
Tender for the chartering of rigs for 2,400 m of water depth is extremely competitive, like the pool process in 2019. The dispute for the Petrobras contract for the chartering of up to two rigs, with a capacity to operate in a water depth of 2,400 m, should be between COSL Drilling, Diamond and Petroserv... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N expects to post a quarterly loss from its production business for the third consecutive time this year, the largest U.S. oil major said in a filing on Thursday, as it continues to suffer from a crash in commodity prices due to the coronavirus pandemic. Exxon reported its first back-to-back quarterly loss... Continue Reading →
Petrobras' asset portfolio reorganization program, which foresees the sale of eight refineries, is vital to the health of the company that remains the "most indebted oil company in the world", said the lawyer for the state-owned company, Tales David. Macedo, in support of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The judgment, in an action against sales... Continue Reading →
