Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/03/2021, informs that it signed today with Ubuntu Engenharia e Serviços Ltda contracts for the sale of its total interest in the PAR-T-218_R12 concession, located in the Paraná Basin. The total value of these transactions is US$ 32 thousand and the closing is... Continue Reading →
Kites powered by offshore wind preparing for lift-off
Tech startup Hydro Wind Energy is in the process of developing scaled prototypes of high-altitude kites powered by offshore wind with the goal to ”disrupt global energy and desalination markets”. The technologies for power generation and energy storage, OceanHydro Wind, and water desalination, SubSea RO Wind, are powered by high-altitude, ocean-based kites and vertical axis wind rotors rather... Continue Reading →
Brazilian elections will not affect Petrobras pricing, CEO pledges
(Reuters) - Brazil's 2022 general elections will not influence the fuel pricing policy of Petrobras, the chief executive of the state-run oil company told Reuters on Thursday. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), as the company is formally known, officially sets domestic fuel prices in line with international prices, although it allows a brief decoupling when global prices... Continue Reading →
Oil heads for biggest annual gains since 2009
(Reuters) - Oil prices edged down on Friday but were set to post their biggest annual gains in 12 years, spurred by the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 slump and producer restraint, even as infections surged to record highs around the world. Brent crude futures fell 3 cents to $79.50 a barrel at 0718... Continue Reading →
Exxon Signals Fourth Quarterly Profit in a Row
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Thursday signaled a return to annual profit for 2021 as stronger oil and gas prices drove a gain of up to $1.9 billion in operating profits that exceeded one-time charges. The largest U.S. oil producer issued a snapshot of final quarter results that showed it expects sequentially higher profit fromoil... Continue Reading →
Guyana Approves Wealth Fund, Local Content Rules for Expected Oil Boom
Guyana's parliament on Wednesday approved local content rules for oil producers and a sovereign wealth fund to oversee the South American nation's earnings from a budding oil bonanza. International oil producers have discovered 10 billion barrels of oil and gas that promise to transform Guyana's agricultural and mining economy into an oil powerhouse providing billions... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum – Sudene’s Tax Benefit for the Rio Ventura Cluster
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. ("3R" or "Company") (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, communicates to its shareholders and the market in general that received from the Northeast Development Superintendence (“SUDENE”), an agency linked to the Ministry of Regional Development, through Constitutive Report No. 0285/2021, the approval for... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Declaration of Commerciality in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, as the operator of Consortia BM-SEAL-4 and BM-SEAL-11, and the sole owner of the rights to the BM-SEAL-4A and BM-SEAL-10 Concessions, informs that it submitted today to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the declarations of commerciality of the oil accumulations located in the areas of... Continue Reading →
Ventura Secures Contracts with Petrobras
(PetroleoHoje) Ventura (Petroserv) will secure two new charter contracts with Petrobras in January. The oil company decided to hire the semi-submersible Victoria and the drillship Carolina, offered in the tender for 2,400 m. The rig company won the batch B bidding process, aimed at chartering units without MPD. The rates presented by Ventura were around... Continue Reading →
Ecuador private-sector oil pipeline to restart operations on Dec. 31 -operator
(Reuters) - Ecuador's heavy-crude oil pipeline will restart pumping on Dec. 31 following maintenance to solve issues caused by erosion in the country's Amazon region, while exports of Napo crude will begin on Jan. 3, crude transport company OCP Ecuador said on Wednesday. The government of President Guillermo Lasso declared force majeure over its oil... Continue Reading →