Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – February 26, 2018 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”), further to the announcement released in February 22, 2018, has concluded the redemption of its USD 3.000% Global Notes due 2019, EUR 3.25% Global Notes due 2019 and... Continue Reading →
Who has been declared ineligible by the TCU?
February 27, 2018 The Plenary of the Court of Auditors of the Union (TCU) declared the ineligibility of MPE Montajes e Projetos Especiais (MPE). With the decision, the company is prohibited from contracting with the federal public service for three years. MPE had contracts with several areas of Petrobras, ranging from maintenance of platforms to... Continue Reading →
Likely centrist Brazil presidential contender says he would sell Petrobras
The governor of Sao Paulo and likely centrist presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that he would privatize Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA if he wins the elections in October. Read more
More bondholders support Seadrill’s restructuring
Offshore driller Seadrill has managed to reach a global settlement with an ad hoc group of bondholders, the official committee of unsecured creditors, and other major creditors in its chapter 11 cases. According to Seadrill, some 70% of the company’s bondholders by principal amount have now signed an agreement to support Seadrill’s restructuring. To remind, the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Disclosure of Reduction in Relevant Shareholding Interest
Rio de Janeiro, February 26th, 2018 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in compliance with article 12 of CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002 and Circular Letter CVM/SEP/No001/2017, informs that it was notified by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (“BNDES”) and BNDES Participações SA ("BNDESPAR"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNDES, that... Continue Reading →
Oil Demand Strong Into 2020, Bank of America Analyst Blanch Says
Oil demand will remain strong through at least 2020, pushing spot costs for crude above futures pricing. That’s the message from Francisco Blanch, Bank of America’s head of commodities and derivative research. Electric vehicles won’t start biting into oil demand until at least 2020, he said in a Bloomberg Television interview Monday. Blanch expects China to... Continue Reading →
IOCs to bring more drill rigs to Brazil
The arrival of international oil companies (IOCs) is expected to change the market for drill rigs in Brazil. Transocean believes that increasing the participation of these companies in the country will help raise prices of daily rates, as well as create demand for new types of assets, different from the units usually demanded by Petrobras.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras and Ibama sign a Term of Commitment
Rio de Janeiro, February 23, 2018 - Petróleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras informs that it signed today, with the Brazilian federal Environmental Agency (Ibama), Term of Commitment that establishes the necessary actions and measures, during the transition period of two years, to adjust the water disposal process produced from some of Petrobras’ offshore production platforms... Continue Reading →
Schlumberger and Subsea 7 in talks to create joint venture
Schlumberger and Subsea 7 have entered into exclusive negotiations to form a joint venture that builds on the success of Subsea Integration Alliance, which was established in 2015. Subsea Integration Alliance currently combines the subsurface expertise, subsea production systems (SPS) and subsea processing systems of OneSubsea with the subsea umbilical, riser and flowline systems (SURF)... Continue Reading →
MME admits evaluating Local Content review for Round 4 Bidding
Representatives of the national industry charged on Thursday, 22, in a public hearing of the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP), that the announcements of the 4th Round of Production Sharing Bid and the 15th Round of Bidding for Concessions include more local content than in the rounds held last year. They... Continue Reading →