(Petrobras, 24.May.2023) — Petrobras announces that later this week it will file a request with Ibama to reconsider the decision to deny the environmental license to drill an exploratory well...
(Petrobras, 22.May.2023) — Petrobras, in continuity with the announcements of 03/31/2023, 03/14/2023, 04/13/2023, 05/02/2023, 05/05/2023 and 05/11/2023 informs that it obtained authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas...
(Petrobras, 17.May.2023) — Petrobras has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Santos Basin pre-salt, in an appraisal well in the Aram block. Well 3-BRSA-1387D-SPS is located 260 km from the...
(Petrobras, 5.May.2023) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 03/31/2023 , 03/14/2023 and 04/13/2023 and 05/02/2023, informs that it obtained authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural...
(Petrobras, 31.Mar.2023) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 14 March 2023, informs that it obtained, on Friday 31 March, authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural...
(Petrobras, 14.Mar.2023) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 13 December 2022, clarifies that it is taking all necessary steps to resume production at the Bahia Terra Cluster...
(Petrobras, 26.Jan.2023) — Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 10.5 billion barrels of oil...
(ANP, 16.Dec.2022) — The 1st Cycle of the Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP), held today 16 December 2022 by the ANP, had four blocks auctioned, out of the 11 on...
(Welligence, 16.Dec.2022) — Brazil bid round alert! The first PSC Permanent Offer round was held today, with 4 of the 11 blocks on offer in the Santos and Campos basins...
(Petrobras, 12.Dec.2022) — Petrobras informs that, after an audit carried out by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), it received, on 12 December 2022, an interdiction...
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2022) — Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva begins interviews this week with candidates to run oil firm Petrobras, people familiar with the talks said, kicking off what...
(Petrobras, 31.Oct.2022) — Petrobras confirms a discovery of oil in the Coparticipated Area of Sépia with the drilling of well 4-BRSA-1386D-RJS, in the northwestern part of the field. The well...
(Petrobras, 3.Oct.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 22 December 2021, informs that, as part of the actions taken to open the Brazilian natural gas market, signed,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Aug.2022) — Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) published details 17 August 2022 in the South American country’s Official Gazette (DOU) regarding the timeline...
(Petrobras, 16.Aug.2022) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of 40% of its interest in the BM-POT-17 exploratory concessions, in which the...
(Petrobras, 24.Jun.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 23 June 2022, informs that it signed today with BW Energy Maromba do Brasil Ltda (BWE), the contracts for...
(Petrobras, 20.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/20/2021 and 12/30/2021, informs that it has today concluded the sale to the company Ubuntu Engenharia e Serviços Ltda...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2022) — Highlights from ANP Brazil Substitute Director Marina Abelha during her presentation in Cartagena, Colombia on day 1 of the AAPG International Conference & Exhibition (ICE)...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2022) — Ecopetrol, through its Brazilian affiliate Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil, in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda, picked up six blocks in the offshore...
(Petrobras, 1.Apr.2022) — Petrobras discovered a new oil accumulation in the pre-salt in the southern portion of the Campos Basin, in a wildcat well in the Alto de Cabo Frio...
(WSJ, 28.Mar.2022) — Brazil's Mining and Energy Ministry said Monday the government intends to replace Joaquim Silva e Luna as chief executive of state-controlled Petróleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, with...
(Petrobras, 4.Mar.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 09/29/2021 and 10/04/2021, informs that it has signed a contract with its partner CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (CPBL) for...
(Reuters, 14.Feb.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future. But...
(Argus, 11.Jan.2022) — Brazil wants to start exploration and production of non-conventional gas resources, such as shale and tight gas, rekindling the public debate that prevented the country from such...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including power outages in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Brazilian fuel distributors supplying 1.3bn liters of biofuels in the 1Q:22; Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly deciding...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jan.2022) — Brazil’s national production of crude oil and natural gas totaled 3,711 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboe/d) in November 2021, comprised of 2,852...
(Petrobras, 22.Dec.2021) — Petrobras, as the operator of the Tupi Field, submitted to the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (ANP), the review of the Integrated Development Plan (PD)...
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/03/2021, informs that it signed with Ubuntu Engenharia e Serviços Ltda a contract for the sale of its total...
(Bloomberg, 17.Dec.2021) — European supermajors TotalEnergies SE and Royal Dutch Shell Plc will join Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant at two key fields, marking the latest expansion in Latin America’s largest crude producer...
(Petrobras, 17.Dec.2021) — Petrobras acquired the exploration and production rights of the volumes exceeding those of the Transfer of Rights in the Atapu and Sepia offshore fields in the 2nd...
(Reuters, 16.Dec.2021) – Latin America’s oil frontiers are back in the spotlight with auctions coming up in Brazil, Guyana and the Andean region that are expected to attract bids from...
(Petrobras, 22.Oct.2021) — Petrobras informs that, on 14 October 2021, its Executive Board analyzed and approved the submission to the Board of Directors of a proposal to enter into an Agreement between Petrobras and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Brazil’s ANP holding its 17th bid round; Ecuador’s oil production holding steady; Panama’s Generadora Gatún natural gas power plant expecting to start...
(Petrobras, 29.Sep.2021) — Petrobras, following up the release disclosed on 24 August 2021, informs that the partner CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. expressed interest in exercising the option to purchase an...
(Argus, 27.Sep.2021) — Tensions are mounting in Brazil's natural gas industry among players eager to maintain their positions or broaden their stakes as the country's gas market prepares to open...
(Argus, 27.Sep.2021) — Tensions are mounting in Brazil's natural gas industry among players eager to maintain their positions or broaden their stakes as the country's gas market prepares to open...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Sep.2021) — Brazil’s oil regulator ANP published on 24 September 2021 Resolution No. 852/2021, which regulates activities related to the production of oil products and natural gas,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the LAC region including: Brazil’s ANP approving a resolution to regulate a reduction in royalties, a court in Rome rejects Nicolas Maduro’s...
(Argus, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazil's natural gas imports in January-July reached a total of 8.7bn m³ (310 Bcf), already reaching above the full-year total for 2020 of 7.8bn m³, according to...
(Argus, 19.Jul.2021) — The amount of Brazilian natural gas output offered to the market after flaring, loss and reinjection rose by 4.5pc in June from a year earlier and by...
(S&P Global, 15.Jul.2021) — Brazilian multinational metals and mining company Vale has received permission from ANP, Brazil's energy regulator, to import LNG for its own industrial uses. The company has...
(Argus, 14.Jul.2021) — Brazil has authorized iron ore producer Vale to import LNG to serve its own heating demand. Brazilian oil and gas regulation agency (ANP) will allow Vale to...
(Petrobras, 12.Jul.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 17 April 2020 and 24 November 2020, informs that it has signed with the company 3R Petroleum Offshore S.A....
(Petrobras, 11.Jun.2021) — Petrobras signed a contract with the joint venture formed by Saipem and DSME in the amount of $2.3bn for the supply of P-79, the eighth unit to...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Chile approving a first green hydrogen project and Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas...
(Petrobras, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11 December 2020, signed with Petrom Produção de Petróleo & Gás Ltda. a contract for the sale of its...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Petrobras hosting an inauguration or swearing in ceremony for its new CEO Joaquim Silva e...
(Petrobras, 16.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that the consortium of Libra, constituted by Petrobras (40%), in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (20%), Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. (20%), CNODC Brasil...
(Petrobras, 5.Apr.2021) — Petrobras informs that as of 1 May 2021, the natural gas sale prices for distributors will increase, by 39% in R$/m3, in relation to the last quarter....
(Shell, 1.Apr.2021) — Shell provided details in its 2020 annual report related to its operations in South America from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. What follows is a summary from the...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(S&P Global, 31.Dec.2020) — Brazil needs to continue making important oil industry reforms in 2021 to remain as one of the world's top destinations for investments amid heated global competition...
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it signed today with Petrorecôncavo S.A. a contract for the assignment of its entire stake in 12 onshore exploration and production fields, denominated Remanso...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Dec.2020) — The ANP Board approved on 17 December 2020 a resolution to maintain temporary safety measures and protocols to deal with the emergency that has arisen...
(S&P Global Platts, 11.Dec.2020) — Brazil's National Energy Policy Council, or CNPE, dealt a sharp blow to the country's offshore exploration and production program by removing 32 high potential but...
(Petrobras, 11.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/03/20, informs that it signed today with Energizzi Energias do Brasil Ltda a contract for the sale of its...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Nov.2020) — Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP by its Portuguese acronym) will hold its second permanent bid round where it will offer 14...
(Petrobras, 4.Nov.2020) — Petrobras has readjusted, on 1 November 2020, the sales prices of natural gas for distributors for the contracts started in January. The adjustments occurred according to parameters...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Oct.2020) — The ANP Collegiate Board approved on 7 October 2020 the exceptional and temporary reduction of the mandatory mixture of biodiesel-to-diesel oil to 11% from 12%...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Oct.2020) — An updated schedule for the 76th Biodiesel Auction has been published on the auction page on the website of Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural...
(Karoon Energy, 5.Oct.2020) — Karoon Energy Ltd provided the market with the following update on the status of the Baúna asset acquisition: -- Remaining Conditions Precedent: As previously announced, transaction...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2020) — Brazil’s combined production of crude oil and natural gas reached 3.927 million barrels of equivalent oil per day (MMboe/d) in August 2020, according to details...
(Petrobras, 28.Sep.2020) — Petrobras signed an agreement on 25 September 2020, under which Total E&P do Brasil LTDA will transfer to Petrobras the operatorship and working interest on the following...
(Petrobras, 18.Sep.2020) — Petrobras launched two programs aimed at preparing its refining and natural gas activities for an open, competitive market and to transition into a low carbon economy. Biorefino...
(Petrobras, 14.Sep.2020) — Petrobras reports on the revision of the Exploration & Production (E&P) segment portfolio in face of the crisis caused by COVID-19. The revision aims to maximize the...
(Petrobras, 8.Sep.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release from 10 August 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of 50% to 100% of its stake,...
(Total, 7.Sep.2020) — Total notified its partners on 19 August 2020 about its resignation from its role of operator for five exploration blocks, located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin,...
(Petrobras, 10.Aug.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of 50% to 100% of its stake in the BM-S-51 concession with...
(Petrobras, 11.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has decided, preventively, to interrupt supplying a specific imported batch of aviation gasoline after tests carried out at its research center (Cenpes). The...
(Petrobras, 7.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that, after approval by the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)...
(Argus, 11.Jun.2020) — Brazil's state-owned pre-salt marketing firm PPSA took around 17pc of crude from three production-sharing contracts in April, according to monthly data published by the firm for the...
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras exported a record 1.11mn t of fuel oil in May, marking a return to the company's focus on higher-margin fuel exports after the Covid-19...