HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 4.May.2022) — State oil companies Ecopetrol and Petrobras spud the Uchuva-1 well offshore Colombia’s Caribbean coast in the Tayrona Block. Uchuva-1 will test the hydrocarbon structure located offshore La Guajira and investigate exploration potential in a new area, Bogotá-based Ecopetrol announced 4 May 2022 in […]
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Petrobras Starts Production from FPSO Guanabara in the Mero Field
(Petrobras, 2.May.2022) — Petrobras informs that, on 30 April 2022, it started producing oil and natural gas through FPSO Guanabara, the first definitive production system installed in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The platform, an FPSO (floating unit for the production, storage, and transfer of oil and […]
Brazil Chemical Maker Unigel Interested in Petrobras’ Fertilizer Project
(Reuters, 29.Apr.2022) — Brazilian chemical maker Unigel is interested in purchasing a fertilizer project from Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, its chief executive told Reuters on Friday. The operation of the unit, whose capacity as designed by Petrobras was 3,600 tonnes per […]
Petrobras Increases Natural Gas Prices to Distributors by 19%
(Reuters, 29.Apr.2022) — Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras said on Friday it will increase natural prices for distributors in the country by an average 19% starting May 1. According to Petrobras, the adjustment follows the updating of formulas agreed with distributors, based on the variation of gas prices, Brent oil […]
Petrobras on the Sale of its Stake in Deten
(Petrobras, 28.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/27/2021, informs that today it signed a contract with Cepsa Química S.A. for the sale of its entire stake (27.88%) in Deten Química S.A (Deten), located in the industrial complex of Camaçari, in the state of Bahia. Cepsa Química […]
Petrobras on UFN III Sale Process
(Petrobras, 28.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 02/21/2020 and 02/04/2022, informs that sale process of 100% of its Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III (UFN-III), located in the city of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, with the Russian group Acron hasn’t been concluded, considering that the business […]
Petrobras Highlights Its 1Q:22 Production and Sales
(Petrobras, 27.Apr.2022) — In 1Q22, Petrobras kept a solid operating performance, with average oil, NGL and natural gas production reaching 2.80 MMboed, 3.4% above 4Q21. This result was achieved mainly due to the continuity of the ramp-ups of FPSOs Carioca (Sépia field) and P-68 (Berbigão and Sururu fields), located in […]
Petrobras on Receiving Sépia Compensation
(Petrobras, 27.Apr.2022) — Petrobras received, at sight, the amount of R$14.55bn from TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda., Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. and QP Brasil Ltda., related to the 70% stake of these companies in the Sépia compensation, block acquired by the consortium composed by Petrobras (30%), TotalEnergies (28%), Petronas (21%) and […]
Petrobras on the Sale of the Albacora Leste Field
(Petrobras, 27.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11/05/2021, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the sale of all its interest in the Albacora Leste concession, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin, to the company Petro Rio Jaguar […]
Petrobras on Atapu and Sepia Contracts
(Petrobras, 27.Apr.2022) — Petrobras signed the Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer of Rights of Atapu in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (25%) and TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. (22.5%), and a Production Sharing Contract for the Surplus Volumes to the Transfer of Rights of Sepia, […]
Shell Inks Production Sharing Contract for Atapu Field in Brazil
(Shell, 27.Apr.2022) — Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda., a subsidiary of Shell plc, signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) to formally acquire a 25 percent stake of the Atapu field. Shell paid $ 1.1bn to Petrobras for the increased stake in the field. With the contract now signed, Shell will start […]
Petrobras Receives R$4.7bn from Total Energies EP Brasil Ltda. for Atapu
(Petrobras, 26.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 19 April 2022, informs that it received today, at sight, the updated payment of R$ 4.7bn from Total Energies EP Brasil Ltda. – TotalEnergies, referring to the 22.5% share in the Atapu compensation. The Atapu block was acquired by […]
Petrobras Concludes Sale of E&P Assets in the Paraná Basin
(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 of its total stake in blocks PAR-T-198 and PAR-T-218, located in the Paraná Basin. After compliance with all the precedent […]
Day 1 of AAPG ICE Highlights: ANP Substitute Director Marina Abelha
(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) taking place between 19-22 April 2022. Comments from ANP Substitute Director Marina Abelha — A completely diverse sector will emerge […]
Petrobras Confirms Details Around Atapu Compensation
(Petrobras, 19.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 13 April 2022, informs that, contractually, TotalEnergies EP Brasil Ltda. – TotalEnergies may make the updated payment for its 22.5% share in the compensation for Atapu until 28 April 2022. The Atapu block was acquired by the consortium composed […]
Petrobras to Release 1Q:22 Report, Host Results Call
(Petrobras, 19.Apr.2022) — Petrobras will release its 1Q22 Production and Sales Report on 27 April 2022 and its 1Q22 Financial Performance Report on 5 May 2022, both after the markets close. On 6 May 2022 two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to […]
NRGBriefs: Mexico Approves Mining Reform; Argentine Inflation Around 6.7%
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approving the Mining Law reform, which reserves exploration, exploitation and use of lithium to the state; Argentina’s inflation reaching 6.7% in March 2022, according to economists; power outages impacting citizens in Valencia, Venezuela in Carabobo state; and more. […]
Petrobras Starts Binding Phase of E&P Assets in the Gulf of Mexico
(Petrobras, 18.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 16 February 2022, informs it started the binding phase regarding the sale of the entire 20% stake held by its subsidiary Petrobras America Inc. (PAI) in the company MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. (MPGoM), located in Texas, USA, which […]
Petrobras Approves Election of José Mauro Ferreira Coelho as CEO
(Petrobras, 14.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12 April 2022, informs that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, elected José Mauro Ferreira Coelho to the position of CEO of the company, for a one-year term. Below is an extract of the new executive’s […]
Petrobras Approves Dividends Payment
(Petrobras, 13.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on release disclosed on 23 February 2022, informs that, in a meeting held today, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the remuneration to shareholders relative to the Fiscal Year 2021 in the amount of R$ 7.773202 per outstanding share (common or preferred). This amount […]
Petrobras on Cumulative Vote Process for AGM
(Petrobras, 11.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, in compliance with article 30, item XXXIV, of CVM Instruction 480/09, informs that it received from shareholders who jointly hold more than 5% (five percent) of its common shares, the request to adopt the cumulative vote system in the election of members of Board of Directors […]
Petrobras Reveals New E&P Teaser in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
(Petrobras, 11.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 7 August 2020, informs that the process of selling the totality of its interest in the Tartaruga Field, located in shallow waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, State of Sergipe, was not concluded. The process was in the binding phase. […]
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NRGBriefs: Petrobras Releases Climate Change Supplement [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Petrobras releasing its Climate Change Supplement as part of its dialogue with its stakeholders; Petrobras reaffirming “its stake in Braskem is part of the portfolio of assets for sale by the company, as disclosed in the Strategic Plan 2022-2026;” Occidental releases conference […]
Petrobras on Divestment of the Marlim Cluster
(Petrobras, 4.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/14/2020, informs that its Executive Board has approved the end of the competitive process, which was in the non-binding phase, for the sale of 50% of its stake in the Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste and Marlim Sul concessions, jointly […]
Petrobras on Letters from the Ministry of Mines and Energy
(Petrobras, 4.Apr.2022) — Petrobras has received two official letters from the Ministry of Mines and Energy confirming the withdrawal of Mr. Luiz Rodolfo Landim from the election to the company’s Board of Directors (BD) and to be the chairman of the BD, and of Mr. Adriano José Pires Rodrigues from […]
Petrobras on New Pre-Salt Find in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central Block
(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 Central block. The well 1-BRSA-1383A-RJS (Alto de Cabo Frio Central Noroeste) is located 230 km from the city of Rio […]
Petrobras on Rio De Janeiro Court of Justice Decision
(Petrobras, 31.Mar.2022) — Petrobras informs that the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro (TJ-RJ) decided, by majority vote, to grant the appeal of the company Paragon Offshore Nederland B.V., former supplier of rigs for oil and gas prospection. The estimated value of the lawsuit is R$ 1.9bn of which […]
Petrobras, PetroRio Advance in Albacora Leste Talks
(Reuters, 31.Mar.2022) — Brazilian oil company PetroRio SA is close to agreeing on terms to purchase the Albacora Leste field from state-run oil company Petrobras, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, though talks around the neighboring Albacora field are proving more complex. Petrobras, formally Petroleo Brasileiro SA, […]
Petrobras Says BODs Approved TCP with Novonor/Odebrecht
(Petrobras, 31.Mar.2022) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved the execution of the Term of Closing of Pendencies (TCP) between, on the one hand, Petrobras and one of its affiliates (jointly, Petrobras) and, on the other hand, Novonor S.A. (previously called Odebrecht S.A.) and some of its affiliates […]
Brazil Government Plans to Replace Petrobras CEO Joaquim Silva E Luna
(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 Adriano Pires, an oil sector consultant with government experience. The change comes after weeks of criticism by Brazilian President Jair […]
Petrobras CEO Ousted Amid Spat Over Fuel Prices
(Bloomberg, 28.Mar.2022) — Latin America’s biggest oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA will have its third chief executive officer since early 2021 after Joaquim Silva e Luna was pushed out following growing political pressure to contain fuel prices. Luna’s ouster after just a year in the role comes less than a […]
Petrobras on Letter from the Mines and Energy Ministry
(Petrobras, 28.Mar.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 03/05/2022, informs that it received a letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy on today’s date, at 6:25 p.m., in reference to the Petrobras Annual General Meeting to be held on 13 April 2022, with two replacements in […]
CGG Wins Another Major 4D OBN Imaging Contract Offshore Brazil
(CGG, 24.Mar.2022) — CGG has been awarded a two-part Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic imaging project by PXGEO over the Sapinhoá Shared Reservoir in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The resulting data will bring improved geological insight to the asset operator, Petrobras, to assist with better management of oil recovery […]
Petrobras Says TGB and TSG Divestments Still in Binding Phase
(Petrobras, 15.Mar.2022) — Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news in the media about the sale of all of its 51% stake in Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil S.A. (TBG) and 25% in Transportadora Sulbrasileira Gás S.A. (TSB), clarifies that this divestment project is still in the binding phase. EIG Global Energy […]
Brazil Congress Cuts Taxes on Fuels to Soften 25% Price Jump
(Bloomberg, 11.Mar.2022) — Brazil’s congress passed a tax reduction for fuels hours after state-controlled oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA caused a stir by increasing diesel and gasoline prices by as much as 25%. Lawmakers late on Thursday approved a bill that cuts federal taxes for diesel and cooking gas until […]
Petrobras on REMAN Refinery Divestment
(Petrobras, 10.Mar.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/25/2021, concerning the sale process of Refinaria Isaac Sabbá (REMAN) to Ream Participações S.A., informs that the General Superintendence of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) published on 03/08/2022 a dispatch declaring the Act of Concentration to be […]
Petrobras on Candidates Nominated for BODs and Fiscal Council
(Petrobras, 5.Mar.2022) — Petrobras informs that it has received an official letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy with eight nominations for the Board of Directors and four nominations for the company’s Fiscal Council, and an official letter from the National Treasury Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy with […]
Petrobras on the Transfer of Participation in the Búzios Field
(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 the assignment of 5% of its interest in the Production Sharing Contract of the Transfer of Rights Surplus, for the […]
Petrobras Starts Non-binding Phase for Divestment of GOM E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 16.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/04/21, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of the entire 20% stake held by its subsidiary Petrobras America Inc. (PAI) in the company MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. (MPGoM), located in Texas, USA, which owns […]
Petrobras and Gaspetro Finalize Gasmar Exit
(Petrobras, 15.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/09/21, informs that it concluded today, together with its subsidiary Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), the transaction to finalize the pending litigation with Termogás S.A. As a result of this transaction, Termogás acquired the shares of Companhia Maranhense de Gás […]
Brazil to be Net Gas Importer for Next Decade
(Argus, 15.Feb.2022) — Brazil will be a natural gas net importer for the next ten years, says Petrobras executive Álvaro Tupiassú during the 2nd Brazil Gas Summit. Brazil’s new gas law is important because it stimulates an open and competitive market, with new contracts and agents, said Tupiassú. Petrobras is […]
Petrobras Registers Record Pre-Salt Production in 2021
(Zacks Equity Research, 14.Feb.2022) — Brazilian state-owned oil major Petrobras (PBR) announced that it accomplished its best pre-salt output from its offshore fields last year, averaging 1.95 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (Mboe/d). This represents about 70% of the company’s entire production and is twice as much as the aggregate […]
Petrobras Receives Int’l Award for debt Management
(Petrobras, 10.Feb.2022) — Petrobras was the winner of the “Deals of the Year” award, promoted by the North American magazine Latin Finance, in the category that highlights the best corporate debt management operation (Corporate Liability Management of the Year), in the year 2021. This is the fourth time, in the […]
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Petrobras Provides 4Q:21 Production and Sales Highlights [PDF Download]
(Petrobras, 9.Feb.2022) — Petrobras posted an excellent operational performance in 2021, reaching all production targets for the year with the achievement of the following marks: The highlights for 2021 were: • FPSO Carioca production start-up, on August 23, the first platform in Sépia field, in Santos Basin pre-salt. Throughout the […]
Petrobras on Labor Lawsuit Filed at the Federal Supreme Court (STF)
(Petrobras, 8.Feb.2022) — Petrobras informs that, on 14 February 2022, a majority of votes favorable to Petrobras was formed in the judgment of that discusses the methodology for calculating the “Remuneração Mínima Por Nível e Regime” (RMNR) supplement at the First Panel of the Federal Supreme Court. As of this […]
Petrobras To Host 4Q:21 Results Calls
(Petrobras, 8.Feb.2022) — Petrobras will release its 4Q21 Production and Sales Report on 9 February 2022 and its 4Q:21 Financial Performance Report on 23 February 2022, both after the markets close. On 24 February 2022 two webcasts will be held, the first in Portuguese and the second in English, to […]
Fitch Confirms Petrobras’ Rating
(Petrobras, 8.Feb.2022) — Petrobras announced that the rating agency Fitch reaffirmed its rating at “BB-“, with negative outlook, following the Brazil’s rating. The standalone rating was also reaffirmed at “bbb”, four notches above the country. The agency considers Petrobras’ ratings to be linked to those of the sovereign given the […]
Petrobras on FPSO for Parque das Baleias Integrated Project
(Petrobras, 7.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12 November 2021, informs it signed the contracts with the companies Yinson Bergenia Production B.V. and Yinson Bergenia Serviços de Operação LTDA, both from Yinson Production PTE Ltd. Group, for the chartering and provision of services of the Maria […]
Petrobras Finalizes Divestment of Alagoas E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 4.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 30 June 2021 and 5 July /2021, concluded the sale of its entire stake in seven concessions denominated Alagoas Cluster, located in the state of Alagoas, to the company Origem Energia S.A. (former Petro+). The operation was concluded with […]
Petrobras Agrees to Draft SPA for UFN III
(Petrobras, 4.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 21 February 2020, has reached an agreement for the draft of the Sale and Purchase Agreement for the sale of 100% of its Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III (UFN-III), located in the city of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, […]