(Petrobras, 18.Mar.2015) – Petrobras set a new national record, drilling under a water column (distance between the water surface and the seabed) of 2,990 meters. […]
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Petrobras Receives $157 Mln via “Operação Lava Jato”
(Petrobras, 13.May.2015) – Petrobras CEO Aldemir Bendine participated in a ceremony to return to Petrobras sums recovered through the Federal Police’s “Operação Lava Jato” anti-corruption […]
Petrobras Early Production System in Buzios Field
(Petrobras, 12.Mar.2015) – On March 10, 2015 Petrobras started up its early production system in the Santos Basin’s Buzios field. This will be the first […]
Moody’s Comments on Braskem
(Global Credit Research, 3.Mar.2015) – Moody’s Investors Service comments that Braskem S.A. announcement of a third extension of its naphtha supply contract with Petroleo Brasileiro […]
Petrobras Contract with Independent Auditor
(Petrobras, 2.Mar.2015) – Petrobras announces that its Board of Directors, on a meeting on February 27, has approved a contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes for […]
Petrobras Reveals Divestement Plan Review
(Petrobras, 2.Mar.2015) – Petrobras announced that its Executive Board, on a meeting on February 26, 2015, has approved the company’s two-year (2015/2016) divestment plan. Divestitures […]
Petrobras Credit Rating Downgrade
(Petrobras, 27.Feb.2015) – Regarding the downgrade to Petrobras’ debt rating announced on February 24, 2015 by Moody’s, the company emphasizes that it is working to […]
Petrobras Names New CEO, Executive Officers
(Petrobras, 6.Feb.2015) – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting, has approved with majority vote the election of Aldemir Bendine as CEO […]
Petrobras Reports New Campos Basin Find
(Petrobras, 4.Feb.2015) – Petrobras announced the discovery of new oil accumulations in concession BM-C-35 (exploratory block C-M-535), located in the Campos Basin postsalt layer. The […]
Mood’s Downgrades Construtora Andrade Gutierrez
(Global Credit Research, 21.Jan.2015) – Approximately $500 million of rated debt affected. Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) downgraded to Ba2 from Ba1 the corporate family rating […]
LatAmNRG: Heard On The Street 3Q:13
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2013) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as […]
Q&A with Arthur Little’s Rodolfo Guzman
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 24.Sep.2013) – Arthur D. Little Partner Rodolfo Guzman spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from Houston, […]
Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico: Three Ways To Nationalize Oil
(CSMonitor, 12.May.2012) — Argentina’s renationalization of its biggest oil company, YPF, recently caused an outcry. But the cases of oil nationalization in Brazil, Mexico, and […]