Petrobras To Host 1Q:21 Results Webcast
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras will host two webcasts on 14 May 2021 to discuss its first quarter 2021 results. The first will be in Portuguese and the second...
Petrobras Inks Deal For 7th Búzios Unit
(Petrobras, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited to build the P-78, the seventh unit to be installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt...
Atlas Executes 2nd Finance Project In Brazil
(Atlas Renewable Energy, 6.May.2021) — Atlas Renewable Energy obtained a $150mn loan from IDB Invest, a member of IDB Group, and from DNB Bank ASA (the largest financial services group...
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LatAm Briefs: Ecopetrol Results [PDF Download]; Roadblocks In Neuquén
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Ecopetrol reporting strong 1Q:21 financial results [see enclosed PDF download] and a Chilean congressman expressing...
PetroRio Eyeing Assets Beyond Petrobras’ Albacora Field-CEO
(Reuters, 4.May.2021) — Brazilian oil company PetroRio is still interested in acquiring the Albacora field in the Campos Basin from Petrobras, but is also eyeing other offshore assets, the company's...
Petrobras Launches New Natural Gas Sales Products
(Petrobras, 3.May.2021) — Petrobras approved new contractual models for the sale of natural gas to distributors. The company will offer, in addition to the existing models, indexed to Brent oil...
Petrobras Commences Binding Phase For Divestment Of TBG And TSB
(Petrobras, 30.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 5 February 2021, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of the totality of its stakes...
Brazil Exploring Green Hydrogen
(Argus, 30.Apr.2021) — Brazil is hosting a growing number of green hydrogen initiatives as the government prepares a national hydrogen plan and regulations. Hydrogen specialist Lavinia Hollanda, founding partner at...
Petrobras On Sale Of Braskem
(Petrobras, 30.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, regarding the piece of news published in the media, clarifies that its equity interest in Braskem is part of the non-core assets to divest by the...
Petrobras Extends Maturity Of Revolving Credit Line
(Petrobras, 30.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 28 March 2019, has extended part of the Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) maturing in March 2024, in the amount...
Exxon Highlights Deepwater Ops In Guyana And Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Apr.2021) — ExxonMobil’s deepwater projects offshore Guyana and Brazil generate returns over 10% with an oil price below $35 per barrel, the company’s CEO Darren Woods told...
SAS Strives To Combat Deforestation, Improve Reef Health And Lower Emissions
(SAS, 21.Apr.2021) — SAS' commitment to creating a more sustainable future through social innovation is highlighted this Earth Day, as the analytics innovator works with the Amazon Conservation and the...
Petrobras CEO Nods To Price Parity
(Reuters, 19.Apr.2021) — Joaquim Silva e Luna, the new chief executive of Brazil's Petrobras, will look to respect the company's current pricing policy and keep investing in deepwater assets, he...
iWrc Creates Opportunity For Waste Workers In Brazil
(iWrc Global, 19.Apr.2021) — Recycling centers often lack the proper resources to protect their employees from hazardous and strenuous working conditions. iWrc collaborates with these cooperatives to improve the health, safety, and financial stability of employees. The...
LatAm Briefs: Petrobras Swears In CEO, Aker’s Mero 1 Project Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Petrobras hosting an inauguration or swearing in ceremony for its new CEO Joaquim Silva e...
Petrobras Elects CEO, Chief Officers
(Petrobras, 16.Apr.2021) — Petrobras’ Board of Directors, in a meeting held today 16 April 2021, elected Joaquim Silva e Luna to the position of CEO of the company. The Board...
Petrobras Board Elects CEO, CFO, New Division Heads
(Reuters, 16.Apr.2021) — The board of Brazil's Petrobras has officially elected a slate of new executives, including Chief Executive Joaquim Silva e Luna, the state-run oil company said in a...
Petrobras On Partial Return Of Libra Area
(Petrobras, 16.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that the consortium of Libra, constituted by Petrobras (40%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (20%), Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. (20%), CNODC Brasil...
Petrobras On Leasing Of LNG Regasification Terminal
(Petrobras, 16.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 1 October 2020, published today the Call for the second bidding process to lease the Bahia LNG Regasification Terminal...
Petrobras On Resignation Of BOD Member
(Petrobras, 16.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that it received today a resignation letter from the member of the Board of Directors, Marcelo Gasparino da Silva, elected through a multiple vote process...
EU Commissioner Blasts Brazil Climate Pledge
(Reuters, 14.Apr.2021) — The European Union's top environment official told Brazil on Wednesday that the South American country's updated climate pledge "sends a bad signal" by only committing to reaching...
Petrobras On Approval Of Dividend
(Petrobras, 14.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 24 February 2021, informs that, in a meeting held today, the Annual General Meeting approved the proposal for allocation...
Equinor Sees 1H:21 Peregrino Restart
(Reuters, 12.Apr.2021) — Equinor’s Peregrino oilfield off the coast of Brazil is on track to restart in the first half of this year following several delays, a spokesman said on...
Petrobras Shareholders Pave Way For New CEO
(Reuters, 12.Apr.2021) — Shareholders in Brazil’s Petrobras voted on Monday to remove Roberto Castello Branco as CEO, and elected his government-picked successor to the board of directors, but discontent among...
At Petrobras, A ‘Spartan’ Military Man Takes The Reins
(Reuters, 12.Apr.2021) — For many investors, the appointment of former army general Joaquim Silva e Luna as the new chief executive of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras was unexpected -...
Petrobras Pushes Back Mero-1 Start-Up
(Petrobras, 7.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that the production expected to start from Mero 1, through FPSO Guanabara, was postponed from the 4th quarter of 2021 to the 1st quarter of...
Petrobras Boosts Investments In Northern Brazil
(Petrobras, 6.Apr.2021) — Petrobras announces that it signed agreements with BP Energy do Brasil Ltda (BP) to take over BP's entire stakes in six blocks, located in ultra-deep water in...
Petrobras To Boost Natural Gas Price For Distributors
(Petrobras, 5.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that as of 1 May 2021, the natural gas sale prices for distributors will increase, by 39% in R$/m3, in relation to the last quarter....
Petrobras Adopts Cautious Fuel Price Approach
(Petrobras, 2.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news published in the media, clarifies that it chose to adopt a more cautious approach in January 2021 and accelerated the fuel...
Petrobras Reports Rise In S-10 Diesel Sales
(Petrobras, 1.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that in March it recorded total diesel sales in the amount of 791 thousand bpd, representing growths of 35% and 17% when compared to sales...
Petrobras Completes Health Plan Transition
(Petrobras, 1.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 29 April 2020, informs that the transition of Petrobras health plan operation was completed. As of April, the Petrobras...
Brazil’s 1P Reserves Decline In 2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Mar.2021) — Brazil’s crude oil and natural gas reserves fell in 2020 across 1P, 2P and 3P categories, according to details published by the country’s National Agency...
Jair Bolsonaro Sparks Political Crisis
(Reuters, 30.Mar.2021) — Brazil will replace the three heads of its armed forces, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, as Latin America’s biggest nation, already roiled by the pandemic, faced...
LatAm Briefs: Argentina’s IMF Payments, Odebrecht Arrest Warrants
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina only paying the IMF around $3.1bn in interest and arrest warrants being issued for...
Petrobras Dismisses HR Executive
(Petrobras, 29.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news in the media, clarifies that today the Executive Manager of Human Resources was dismissed from the company for having failed to...
LatAm Briefs: Petrobras Form 20-F, Ecopetrol Eyes Net Zero
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Brazil’s Petrobras filing its Form 20-F for 2020 and Colombia’s Ecopetrol announcing its commitment and...
Petrobras On Arbitration Decision
(Petrobras, 25.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed to the market on 22 June 2020 and 11 November 2020, announces that it received, on this date, a decision...
Key Petrobras Executives Set To Depart
(Petrobras, 24.Mar.2021) — Petrobras informs that Andrea Almeida, Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, Carlos Alberto Pereira de Oliveira, Chief Exploration and Production Officer, André Chiarini, Chief Trading and Logistics...
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest RLAM
(Petrobras, 24.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed today, informs that it has signed a contract with MC Brazil Downstream Participações, a company of the Mubadala Capital group,...
Petrobras On Samsung Leniency Deal
(Petrobras, 24.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 03/01/2021, informs that it received last week the second, and last, installment, in the amount of $59.4mn, of the...
Petrobras Begins Bahia Terra Cluster Binding Phase
(Petrobras, 19.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 23 December 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase, referring to the sale of all of its stakes...
LatAm Briefs: Pemex Costs, Ecuador Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Banco do Brasil CEO resigning under pressures from Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, Ecuador’s oil production...
Petrobras On Fiscal Council Nomination
(Petrobras, 18.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, pursuant to CIRCULAR LETTER/CVM/SEP/No.01/2021, reports it has received from holders of common shares the nomination of candidates for the Fiscal Council, whose election will take place...
Petrobras On Questionings Energy Ministry
(Petrobras, 18.Mar.2021) — Petrobras clarifies that it inquired its controlling shareholder, through the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), to which the company is linked under Law 9. 478/1997, about...
Petrobras On BM-C-33 Developments
(Petrobras, 18.Mar.2021) — Petrobras has approved, together with its partners Equinor and Repsol Sinopec Brasil, the development concept for block BM-C33, operated by Equinor, located in the pre-salt layer of...
Petrobras Informs Of Committee Meeting
(Petrobras, 15.Mar.2021) — Petrobras, in relation to the pieces of news published in the media, informs that its People Committee will hold a meeting tomorrow and, until this moment, among...
Sungrow To Supply Solar Project In Brazil
(Sungrow, 14.Mar.2021) — Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, will supply the SG3125HV central inverter solution for the implementation of the project Sol do Sertão Solar after...
Frontera Announces CEO Succession
(Frontera, 3.Mar.2021) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced the appointment of current director Orlando Cabrales Segovia as Chief Executive Officer. The company also provided an update on its 2021 Strategic Plan,...
Sungrow Launches 75 kW String Inverter In Brazil
(Sungrow, 2.Mar.2021) — Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, rolled out the Company's latest commercial string inverter SG75CX for Brazilian micro-generation power plants, showcasing the Company's continued...
Nextracker To Supply Smart Solar Trackers In Brazil
(Nextracker, 2.Mar.2021) — Nextracker™, a Flex company, announced that it has been selected by leading Brazilian EPC firm Andrade Gutierrez and developer Elera Renováveis (formerly Brookfield Energia Renovável) to supply 830 MW...
Petrobras Inks Contract To Divest Mangue Seco 2
(Petrobras, 26.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 05/04/2020, informs that it signed today with Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia Pirineus (FIP Pirineus), a contract for...
Petrobras Inks Deal For Sale Of Miranga Cluster
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/03/2018, signed today with SPE Miranga S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroRecôncavo S.A., a contract for the sale...
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Petrobras Tax Report 2020 [PDF Download]
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco provides comments from senior management on 2020 in the company’s year-end tax report. comunicado-ao-mercado-tax-report-2020_petrobras-1Petrobras Tax Report 2020 Petrobras and society witnessed an...
Petrobras BOD Approves CDMPI Incorporation
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the proposed incorporation of Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Modernização de Plantas Industriais (CDMPI). The...
Petrobras Comments On News Published In Media
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, in clarification to a piece of news published in the media, informs that the Board of Directors requested the Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, Andrea...
Petrobras In Turmoil As Investors Digest Shake-up
(Argus, 22.Feb.2021) — The share price of Brazil's Petrobras nosedived today after President Jair Bolsonaro moved to overhaul the state-controlled company's management, heralding a return to state intervention and threatening...
ANP: Petrobras Shakeup Will Not Change Refinery Policy
(Reuters, 22.Feb.2021) — Brazil’s oil sector regulator ANP does not see President Jair Bolsonaro’s appointment of a new Petrobras CEO altering the country’s policy of opening up the domestic refinery...
Petrobras On Samsung Leniency Deal
(Petrobras, 19.Feb.2021) — Petrobras has received R$360mn ($65mn) last week related to the leniency agreement executed by Samsung Heavy Industries. This cash arises from the first installment of the Samsung...
Petrobras Starts Binding Phase Of Carmópolis Cluster
(Petrobras, 19.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 19 November 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of all of its stakes in...
Bolsonaro Says More Changes Underway
(Blooomberg, 19.Feb.2021) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that more changes are underway after naming a former general to replace the University of Chicago-educated economist running state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA....
Petrobras CEO Fights Pressure To Resign
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2021) — The chief executive of Brazil’s state-led oil company Petrobras is trying to fight off President Jair Bolsonaro’s bid to oust him over his insistence on raising gasoline...
Petrobras CEO Castello Branco Out, Luna In
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Feb.2021) — A shake up at Petrobras will see CEO Roberto Castello Branco being replaced by Joaquim Silva e Luna, according to Brazil’s mining and energy ministry....
Petrobras On Rating Maintenance By Fitch
(Petrobras, 16.Feb.2021) — Petrobras announces rating agency Fitch affirmed the ”BB-“ issuer default ratings for Petrobras, with a negative outlook, reflecting the agency’s opinion on the sovereign’s ratings. Petrobras stand-alone...
Petrobras On Inking PSA For RLAM
(Petrobras, 11.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, regarding a piece of news published on the media about the sale of the refineries, clarifies that the dates for the signing of the purchase and...
Petrobras To Host 4Q:20 Results Webcast
(Petrobras, 10.Feb.2021) — Petrobras informs that on 25 February 2021 two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to present the company's results for...
China Expands Presence In LatAm’s Energy Industries
(IOA, 10.Feb.2021) — China is broadening its presence in Latin America's energy and strategic minerals sectors, posing challenges to the regional countries themselves as well as to the United States,...
Petrobras Concludes BSBios Divestment
(Petrobras, 9.Feb.2021) — Petrobras following up on the release disclosed on 23 December 2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio) completed today the sale of all its...
Petrobras On RLAM And REPAR Divestments
(Petrobras, 8.Feb.2021) — Petrobras concluded the final round of the binding phase of the sale process of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) and its associated logistics assets, in Bahia, in...
Petrobras Says Alignment To Int’l Prices Unchanged
(Petrobras, 7.Feb.2021) — Petrobras is clarifying a piece of news published on Friday afternoon, 5 February 2021, based on distorted statements released by the press. The maintenance of the periodicity...
Petrobras Concludes Frade Field Divestment
(Petrobras, 5.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 28 November 2019, informs that it has concluded today the sale of its 30% participation in the Frade field,...
Petrobras Begins Non-binding Phase For TBG, TSB
(Petrobras, 5.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 23 December 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of its 51% stake in Transportadora...
Petrobras Says Fuel Prices Aligned To Import Parity
(Petrobras, 5.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media about fuel prices, clarifies that it practices prices aligned to the import parity. In the first half of 2020,...
Bolsonaro To Discuss Diesel Price With Petrobras Head
(Reuters, 4.Feb.2021) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he will meet on Friday with his Cabinet and the head of state-run oil company Petrobras to discuss diesel prices, a move...
ANP Notifies Petrobras And BR Of Investigation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Feb.2021) — Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels or ANP notified BR Distribuidora on 3 February 2021 and Petrobras on 4 February of an...
Brazil’s Production Reaches 3.525 MMboe/d In Dec. 2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Feb.2021) — Brazil’s production of both crude oil and natural gas reached 3.525 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboe/d) in December 2020, according to Brazil’s...