(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Aug.2018) – Royal Dutch Shell plc offered the following outlook for the third quarter of 2018. Compared with the third […]
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Shell Brazil Invests in FPSO Tanks Solution
(World Oil, 31.Jul.2018) – Aberdeen-based inspection technology and service provider for the oil and gas industry, Innospection, Shell Brazil and SENAI CIMATEC technology institute in […]
Peregrino Module Sails to Brazilian Platform
(Energy Voice, David McPhee, 31.Jul.2018) – Watch as Equinor’s Peregrino modules set sail en route to the platform in Brazil to begin Phase 2 of […]
Petrobras Targets China with New Crude Oil
(Reuters, Florence Tan and Alexandra Alper, 27.Jul.2018) – Brazil’s state-controlled energy company Petrobras plans to push more crude oil to top importer China by marketing […]
EIA Beta Interactive Data Analysis
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Jul.2018) – Beta data from the EIA provide users with an interactive way to analyze multiple petroleum data. According to […]
Petrobras says Entorno de Sapinhoá Block Viable
(Reuters, 20.Jul.2018) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company PetrĂłleo Brasileiro SA said that areas it operates adjacent to the Entorno de Sapinhoá block in the Santos […]
Petrobras to Start Up 4 New Platforms in 4Q
(Reuters, 18.Jul.2018) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras will start pumping pre-salt oil from four new platforms between October and December, the company’s director for […]
Total Advances Renewable Projects in Brazil
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 18.Jul.2018) – A renewable energy division of French supermajor Total said Wednesday it was moving forward with new solar power developments […]
Petrobras Output in Campos Drops
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira, 17.Jul.2018) – Oil production by Brazilian state-led Petroleo Brasileiro SA in the Campos basin fell 1.4 percent in June over the previous […]
FDI in LAC Region Falls for Third Straight Year
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean fell for a third straight year in 2017, […]
Petrobras, CNPC to Finish Rio Refinery
(Efe, 4.Jul.2018) – Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and China’s state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation signed a letter of intent to conclude construction of a […]
ISA CTEEP Awarded $1.7 Bln Projects in Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 30.Jun.2018) – The company was awarded two areas that total 2,560 kilometers of transmission lines, and substations with transformation capacity […]
Brazil: What’s Next for Upstream, Refining
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 29.Jun.2018) – Watch the Inter-American Dialogue debate, Energy Policy in Brazil: What’s Next for Upstream, Refining and LNG. ***
Brazil Output to Reach 5.5 MMb/d: Oddone
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 29.Jun.2018) – “Brazil’s oil production could reach 5.5 million barrels per day by 2027,” ANP General Director DĂ©cio Oddone, said […]
Brazil Deep-water Competitiveness: José Firmo
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 29.Jun.2018) – “Today Brazil is the most competitive in all of deepwater and ultra-deepwater,” JosĂ© Firmo, Brazilian Petroleum Institute, said […]
Sterlite, State Grid Win Brazil Power Licenses
(Reuters, 29.Jun.2018) – India’s Sterlite, China’s State Grid, and Colombia’s Isa clinched licenses to build power transmission lines in Brazil in a government auction on […]
EDP Introduces Blockchain Solution in Brazil
(Renewables Now, 28.Jun.2018) – Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) announced on Thursday it has become the first to use blockchain technology to measure and record […]
Brazil to Auction 20 Transmission Lines
(RioTimes, Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter, 28.Jun.2018) – ANEEL (Electric Energy Regulator) in Brazil will conduct the first energy transmission auction of the year on […]
Petrobras New CFO Election
(Petrobras, 27.Jun.2018) – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, appointed the engineer Rafael Salvador Grisolia to the position of […]
BHP Provides Update on Samarco
(BHP Billiton, 26.Jun.2018) – On 2 March 2016, Samarco Mineração S.A., Vale S.A., BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda (the Companies), and the Federal Government of Brazil, […]
Tartaruga Verde Field Commences Production
(Petrobras, 25.Jun.2018) – Petrobras started production of Tartaruga Verde field, in deep waters of Campos Basin, by means of FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes. […]
Brazil Labor Court Rules Against Petrobras
(Reuters, 21.Jun.2018) – Brazil’s top labor court ruled in favor of workers at Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro in a wage spat that could […]
Uncertainty Looms Large Over LatAm Oil
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 20.Jun.2018) – While oil industry analysts and market participants are watching Venezuela closely for clues about how low its oil production will […]
ExxonMobil Reconfirms March 2020 for First Guyana Oil
(Denis Chabrol, DemeraraWaves, 12.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil on Tuesday reconfirmed that Guyana will pump up its first barrel of oil in March 2020, even as the […]
Chevron Brazil Chief to Lead Venezuela Ops After Arrests
(Reuters, 9.Jun.2018) — US oil producer Chevron Corp permanently assigned its Brazil country chief to run its Venezuelan operations, three sources said this week, after […]
Brazil Raises $830 Mln in Pre-Salt Auction
(Efe, 7.Jun.2018) – Brazil raised 3.15 billion reais (around $830 million) in fixed signing bonuses on Thursday in its fourth auction of oil blocks in […]
ExxonMobil Wins More Acreage in Brazil Bid Round
(ExxonMobil, 7.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil has increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after winning the Uirapuru exploration block with co-venturers Equinor and Petrogal Brasil during […]
Brazil Will Strengthen Energy Supply during Soccer World Cup
(Efe, 6.Jun.2018) – Brazil’s Electricity Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE) announced special operational measures to ensure that the country will not have problems with its energy […]
Petrobras BODs Appoints New CEO
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Jun.2018) – Ivan de Souza Monteiro is the new president of Petrobras. Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras announced controlling shareholder […]
Petrobras Boss Resigns Amid Truckers’ Strike
(Al Jazeera, Daniel Schweimler, 2.Jun.2018) – Pedro Parente’s resignation was one of the demands of striking workers due to worries that he was going to […]
Petrobras CEO Parente Resigns Post
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jun.2018) – Pedro Parente resigned as CEO of Petrobras. In an official statement, Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras confirmed Mr. […]
Brazil Oil Workers Strike, Defying Court Order
(Efe, 30.May.2018) – Brazilian oil workers defied a court order on Wednesday by launching a three-day strike affecting oil refineries. The FUP, a federation that […]
Energy, Education, and Learning Through NRG ED
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.May.2018) – Energy Analytics Institute, formerly LatinPetroleum Inc., continues to promote its “Energy Education Initiative” in the Americas, also known […]
Petrobras Pricing Pressure Spooks Potential Refinery Buyers
(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer & Carolina Mandl, 24.May.2018) – A surprise decision by Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA to cut diesel prices in response […]
ECLAC Ssays Venezuela’s Economic Activity to Fall 8.5% in 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.May.2018) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as ECLAC or CEPAL by […]
Golar Power Closing on 1.5GW Sergipe Power Project
(Golar LNG, 19.Apr.2018) — Golar LNG Limited announce that Golar Power Limited, a joint venture with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, has reached financial closing on the […]
Power Auction Victory Promises A Change In Power
(MHPS, 14.Feb.2018) — Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) celebrated its first win in Brazil for the technical selection of its M501 JAC Gas Turbine for […]
ANP Notice on Participation in Lula Field
(Petrobras, 1.Apr.2017) – Petrobras announced that, on March 30, 2017, Consortium BM-S-11 received a notice of violation issued by the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and […]
Petrobras Says P-69 Arrives in Brazil
(Petrobras, 30.Mar.2017) – Platform is now at Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis On March 28, the hull of floating production, storage and offloading vessel […]
Petrobras Updates on BaĂşna, Tartaruga Verde
(Petrobras, 30.Mar.2017) – Petrobras, in continuation to the material facts of 10/6/2016, 12/20/2016, and 3/15/2017 and to the press release of 11/21/2016, clarifies that it […]
Petrobras Requests for Replacement of Substitute Candidate
(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras, as stated in Circular Letter CVM/SEP/01/2017, reported that it has received a request for the replacement of the substitute candidate to […]
Petrobras Updates on Shareholders Meeting
(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras informed that the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting, held in the Auditorium of the company’s headquarters on Avenida Republic of Chile nÂş […]
Reelection of Petrobras CEO
(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras reports that in the meeting held yesterday Petrobras’ Board of Directors approved the reelection of CEO Pedro Pullen Parente for a […]
Petrobras’ Sale of PetroquĂmicaSuape and Citepe
(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras, in continuation to the material fact disclosed on December 28, 2016, informed that, the Shareholders’ Extraordinary General Meeting approved the sale […]
Petrobras Offers Clarification: CARF Ruling
(Petrobras, 24.Mar.2017) – Petrobras informed that the Administrative Board of Tax Appeals (CARF) issued on 3/22/17 a decision in favor of the Company, in the […]
Petrobras Reports 2016 Results
(Petrobras, 23.Mar.2017) – Petrobras’ results in 2016 were marked by a significant improvement in its operational performance over the course of the year, reflected in […]