(Argus, 1.Apr.2020) — Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras has doubled production cuts to 200,000 b/d in response to the oil price collapse. The expanded shut-ins are equivalent […]
Tag: ANP
Petrobras Inks Deal To Sell Onshore Tucano Basin Fields
(Petrobras, 9.Mar.2020) — Petrobras signed an agreement with Eagle Exploração de Óleo e Gás Ltda. for the sale of 100% of its stakes in four […]
Brazil Oil Strike Drags Into Second Week
(S&P Global Platts, 10.Feb.2020) — A indefinite strike by oil workers in Brazil is dragging on despite local labor court rulings classifying the work action […]
Brazil Breaks Oil Production Record
(Oilprice.com, 23.Jan.2020) — Brazil produced more than 1 billion barrels last year, the first time it has breached the 1-billion-barrel mark, Reuters reports, citing the […]
YPFB To Use Gasbol Pipeline Independently
(Reuters, 10.Jan.2020) — The Brazilian government authorized Bolivian oil and gas company YPFB to use the Gasbol pipeline to sell gas to other companies in […]
Petrobras Finalizes Auctions Payments To ANP
(Petrobras, 27.Dec.2019) — Petrobras today made the final payments in the amount of R$ 34.191 billion (thirty four billion one hundred and ninety one million […]
Brazil’s Output Soars In November: ANP
(S&P Global Platts, 23.Dec.2019) — Brazilian crude and natural gas production soared to a fresh record high in November as oil output topped 3 million […]
Petrobras Starts Pelotas Basin Disclosure Stage
(Petrobras, 16.Dec.2019) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its interest in the concession BM-P2, located in the Pelotas […]
Bolivia Warns Of Force Majeure On Gas Exports
(Argus, 12.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s deepening political crisis is starting to take a toll on its vital hydrocarbons industry. YPFB, Bolivia’s state-owned oil and natural gas […]
Big Oil Stuns Brazil In Back-to-back Auction Flops
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 7.Nov.2019) — Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row on Thursday, […]
Petrobras Buys Aram Block In 6th PSC Bid Round
(Petrobras, 7.Nov.2019) — Petrobras reports that the consortium in which will be the operator, holding 80% of work interest, in partnership with CNODC Brasil Petróleo […]
ANP’s 6th Round Gets R$5.05bn Bid
(ANP, 7.Nov.2019) — The 6th Production Sharing Bidding Round, held today (November 7) by ANP, bid the block Aram in the Santos Basin. The Round […]
Brazil’s PSC Round 6 Disappoints
(WoodMac, 7.Nov.2019) — Speaking after this morning’s PSC round, Juliana Miguez, from Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream team, said: “Petrobras has returned to the headlines. […]
Brazil Oil Auction A ‘Total Disaster’
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle, Peter Millard, and Luiza Ferraz, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil deposits flopped, sending the real tumbling, after state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro […]
TOR Record R$70bn Bonuses
(ANP, 6.Nov.2019) — The Transfer of Rights Surplus Bidding Round, held today (November 6) by ANP, had two of the four areas on offer acquired […]
Petrobras Takes Prize In Brazil’s TOR Round
(WoodMac, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil licences – the Transfer of Rights round – saw state-controlled Petrobras walk away with the biggest prizes, […]
Field Narrows As Brazil Oil Auction Nears
(Reuters, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 5.Nov.2019) — As Brazil approaches the biggest oil auction in its history — and one of the world’s most […]
Brazil’s $50bn Oil Boom Is Falling Apart
(Oilprice.com Julianne Geiger, 31.Oct.2019) — Exxon may not be interested in stepping up to the bidding plate at Brazil’s massive $50 billion transfer of rights […]
Petrobras On Amendment To TOR Deal
(Petrobras, 31.Oct.2019) — Petrobras in addition to the press release issued on October 23, 2019, reports that the signing of the Amendment to the Transfer […]
World’s Hottest Oil Auction Set To Bring In $50bn
(Oilprice.com, Julianne Geiger, 21.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s next oil auction, scheduled for November, may be the best one yet, raking in as much as $50 billion […]
Petrobras Informs About Provisioning
(Petrobras, 18.Oct.2019) — Petrobras informs that, within its ongoing process of contingencies assessment, it will provision R$ 3.2 billion as a result of: (i) litigation […]
OTC Brasil Holds Its 5th Conference Next Week
(OTC Brasil, 17.Oct.2019) — Organized by the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP) and the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the 5th edition of OTC […]
How Brazil’s $26bn TOR Auction Works
(Reuters, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 16.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s Senate passed the main text of a bill defining the distribution of proceeds from a blockbuster […]
ANP Sets Dates For TOR And 6th Production Round
(ANP, 11.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) announced the dates for the next two bid rounds. The ANP’s […]
Qatar Petroleum Wins Three Blocks Offshore Brazil
(QP, 10.Oct.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in three offshore blocks in Brazil, as part of two bidding consortia. The winning bids were […]
Petrobras Grabs One Block In 16th ANP Bidding Round
(Petrobras, 10.Oct.2019) — Petrobras acquired one offshore block in the 16th ANP Bidding Round under the Concession Regime, held by the National Agency of Petroleum, […]
Chevron Grabs 5 Blocks In ANP’s 16th Bid Round
(Chevron, 10.Oct.2019) — Chevron Brasil welcomes the results of Brazil’s 16th Bid Round. We are pleased to be part of the following five successful consortia, […]
ANP 16th Round Attracts Record R$8.9bn Signings
(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. […]
Brazil’s ANP Eyes Two Bid Rounds In 2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 2.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) plans to conduct two bid rounds in 2020 to offer areas containing billions […]
Petrobras Inks Deal Onshore Fields In The Potiguar Basin
(Petrobras, 30.Sep.2019) — Petrobras signed with the company Central Resources do Brasil Produção de Petróleo Ltda. contracts for the sale of all its stake in […]
BP Comes Up Empty Offshore Exploration Hotspot
(Bloomberg, Peter Millard and Kelly Gilblom, 30.Sep.2019) — It was supposed to be BP’s big Brazilian breakthrough after years of setbacks in one of the […]
Unit Serving Petrobras Halted Due To Regulatory Issues
(Reuters, 23.Sep.2019) — An oil production unit supporting the operations of Brazilian state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has been paralyzed since Sept. 19 due […]
Brazil Oil Output Rises 7% To 2.77 MMb/d In July-ANP
(Reuters, 2.Sep.2019) — Brazilian oil production increased to 2.77 million barrels per day (bpd) on average in July, up 7% from a year earlier, local […]
BW Offshore Gets ANH Approval For Maromba Field
(BW Offshore, 17.Aug.2019) — BW Offshore (BWO) announced The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has granted BW Offshore status as […]
Brazil Sees Oil Output Shrink Over Three Months
(The Rio Times, Richard Mann, 3.Aug.2019) — Oil production in the country dropped 6.4 percent from May to June after rising in the first months […]
Brazil Approves Transfer Of Saturno Stake To Ecopetrol
(Ecopetrol, 18.Jul.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. said the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil has authorized the transfer of a 10% stake in the Saturno […]
ANP 16th Bid Rounds: Mitigating Sky-high Bonuses
(WoodMac, 6.Jun.2019) — After three highly competitive exploration bid rounds in 2018, momentum is building for Brazil’s three-round licensing bonanza that starts later this year. […]
Petrobras Inks Three Deals To Divest Of Assets Worth US$10.3 Billion
(Petrobras, 25.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that today it executed three sale and purchase agreements to sell assets in the total amount of US$ 10.3 billion […]
Petrobras Announces Adjustment Of Diesel Sale Price
(Petrobras, 29.Nov.2018) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on October 29, 2018 informs that, due to the methodology established in the National Petroleum […]
Petrobras Updates On Diesel Price Subvention Program
(Petrobras, 29.Oct.2018) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on Sep. 28, 2018, informs that, due to the methodology determined in the National Petroleum […]
Petrobras Reports On Adjustment Of Sale Prices
(Petrobras, 28.Sep.2018) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on Aug. 7, 2018 and Aug. 31, 2018, informs that, due to the methodology established […]
Petrobras Cuts Gasoline Refinery Price After Pump Record
(Reuters, 24.Sep.2018) — Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Monday that it would cut the average price of gasoline at its refineries […]
Petro-Victory Purchases Assets in Brazil
(Petro-Victory Energy Corp., 4.Sep.2018) — Petro-Victory Energy Corp. announced a $1.6 million acquisition of production and working interests in 4 oil fields, comprised of 12,850 […]
Brazil’s Energy Agency Opts for Argus Prices
(Argus Media, 30.Aug.2018) — Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) will start using prices published by leading global energy and commodities […]
Golar Applies for FSRU Permits in Brazil
(TO&GY, 24.Aug.2018) — Offshore midstream company Golar LNG has started the process to acquire an environmental permit for its Terminal Gas Sul (TGS) project in […]
Petrobras Posts 1H:18 Profit, Reduces Debt
(Petrobras, 3.Aug.2018) – Petrobras reported net income of R$ 17 billion in the first half of 2018. The positive result was mainly influenced by the […]
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 Décio Oddone, said […]
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 […]
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 […]