Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 9.88 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of December 31, 2021. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 85% and 15% of this total, respectively. In 2021,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of Potiguar Cluster assets
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 12/23/2020, 08/27/2021 e 01/19/2022, informs that the Company's Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its total stake (100%) in a set of 22 concessions of onshore and shallow water production fields, together with its infrastructure for processing,... Continue Reading →
Shares in Brazil’s Braskem soar as Petrobras, Novonor delay offering
(Reuters) - Shares in Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem SA (BRKM5.SA) soared on Friday after state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) confirmed it had decided alongside conglomerate Novonor to postpone the sale via a share offering of their stakes in the firm. Petrobras said it made the decision in response to inadequate demand and price conditions. Braskem also confirmed the cancellation... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras has record output, sales of low-sulfur diesel
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) said on Friday it produced a record 21.2 billion liters of S-10 diesel in 2021, up 10% from a year earlier, while sales - including imported volumes - jumped 34.7% to a record 25.8 billion liters. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, said in a statement... Continue Reading →
Argentina strikes breakthrough deal with IMF in $45 bln debt talks
(Reuters) - Argentina has struck an agreement in principle with the International Monetary Fund over a new $44.5 billion standby deal, both sides said on Friday, a major breakthrough in tense talks to restructure loans the country cannot repay. The South American country has been locked in talks for over a year with the IMF... Continue Reading →
PGS: Seismic market weaker in 2021, but gradually recovering
Norway-based Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has reported an almost $6 million decrease in segment revenues in 2021 compared to 2020 due to, as the company says, the overall seismic market being “weaker”. Segment revenues and other income reached $590 million in 2021, compared to $595.9 million in 2020, which included $38.8 million of Covid-19 related government grants.... Continue Reading →
Chevron kicks off oil industry’s fourth quarter results with a miss
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday reported a fourth quarter profit that missed Wall Street estimates despite sharply higher oil and gas prices. The first of the major oil companies to report quarterly results posted adjusted earnings of $5.1 billion, or $2.65 a share, on profits from pumping oil that soared about five times the pandemic-depressed... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on cancellation of the public offering of Braskem shares
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 12/16/2021 and 01/17/2022, informs that, together with NSP Investimentos SA – In Judicial Recovery, communicated to Braskem SA the decision to cancel the public offering for secondary distribution of shares owned by them, which would have been held simultaneously in Brazil and abroad,... Continue Reading →
Peru Prosecutors Seek Travel Ban for Repsol Execs amid Offshore Oil Leak Probe
(Reuters) Peruvian prosecutors requested on Thursday that the president and three other executives of Spanish oil firm Repsol SA's local refinery be barred from leaving Peru for 18 months while a probe into an oil leak is under way. Repsol's La Pampilla refinery, Peru's largest, leaked thousands of barrels' worth of oil off Peru's central... Continue Reading →
Argentina faces $1.1 billion IMF debt repayment deadline – never ending story
(Reuters) - Argentina is facing deadlines for nearly $1.1 billion in debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by Tuesday amid uncertainty over whether the South American country will pay and tense talks to revamp around $40 billion in loans. The grains-producing country, which has been battling currency and debt crises for years, is... Continue Reading →
