Petrobras Files 2019 Sustainability Report

(Petrobras, 10.Jun.2020) — Petrobras filed its 2019 Sustainability Report today. In addition to presenting Petrobras’ operational, economic, social, environmental, and governance performance in 2019, the […]

Bolivia Boosts Gas Exports To Argentina

(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jun.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) increased, as of 1 June, natural gas exports requested by IntegraciĂłn […]

Petrobras Hits New Fuel Oil Export Record

(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 […]

Petrobras Reports Rise In Fuel Exports

(Petrobras, 5.Jun.2020) — Petrobras reports that it exported 1.11 million tons of fuel oil in May, surpassing the previous record set in February 2020 by […]

Petrobras Opens Access To Gas Processing Units

(S&P Global Platts, 29.May.2020) — Brazilian state-led energy company Petrobras will grant rival producers and other companies access to onshore natural gas processing facilities in […]

Petrobras Announces Global Bond Offering

(Petrobras, 27.May.2020) — Petrobras announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF) plans to offer one or more series of bonds in the […]

Petrobras Prices Two Global Notes For $3.3bn

(Petrobras, 27.May.2020) — Petrobras announces the pricing of two series of global notes denominated in US Dollars to be issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras […]

Petrobras Updates On Colombian Asset Sale

(Petrobras, 21.May.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 03/06/20, informs that the non-binding phase related to the sale of 100% of […]

Shell Starts Drilling Saturn Offshore Block

(Reuters, 21.May.2020) — Royal Dutch Shell has begun drilling the Saturn block in the Santos pre-salt basin, the company’s Brazil chief said on Thursday, adding […]

Petrobras Approaching Pre-Crisis Refinery Runs

(Argus, 21.May.2020) — Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras has further boosted refinery throughput in response to a pick-up in fuel demand, with utilization rates approaching the average […]

NOCs To Slash Exploration Budgets

(WoodMac, 20.May.2020) — National oil companies (NOCs) globally are estimated to cut exploration budgets by over a quarter on average in 2020, says Wood Mackenzie. […]

Petrobras Starts EWT At Albacora Field

(Petrobras, 17.May.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 11 May 2020, informs that it started yesterday the Extended Well Tests (EWT) […]

Petrobras Kicks Off NTS’ Non-binding Phase

(Petrobras, 15.May.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 31 March 2020, announces the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale […]

Petrobras Posts $11bn Impairment

(Bloomberg, 15.May.2020) — Petrobras, the Brazilian sate-controlled oil producer, posted a 65 billion-real ($11 billion) impairment in the first quarter after revising down its outlook […]

Petrobras Warns Economy Has Changed Forever

(Reuters, 15.May.2020) — Brazil’s Petrobras took a 65.3 billion real ($11.2 billion) impairment on its exploration and production assets on Thursday, warning investors that changes […]

Petrobras Comments On Internal Event News

(Petrobras, 8.May.2020) — Petrobras in view of the news published today in the media regarding the meeting held on 05/06/2020 by the Executive Board in […]

Petrobras On Fitch’s Rating Outlook

(Petrobras, 7.May.2020) — Petrobras informs that the rating agency Fitch Ratings revised today the company’s international long-term ratings outlook from stable to negative, and maintained […]

Brazil’s Petrobras On Petros Plan

(Petrobras, 5.May.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on March 10, related to the New Deficit Equation Plan (New Plan) of the […]

Petrobras Faces Virus Outbreak Offshore

(Bloomberg, 1.May.2020) — Petrobras, the Brazilian producer tapping some of the largest offshore oil finds this century, is confronting a Covid-19 outbreak in exploration platforms […]

Petrobras Powers Past Oil Glut On China Sales

(Bloomberg, 29.Apr.2020) — Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, is plowing through a global oil glut expecting that exports to China will soon rebound, and with […]

Petrobras Starts BSBios Binding Phase

(Petrobras. 27.Apr.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 23 January 2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras BiocombustĂ­vel S.A. (PBio), on […]

Petrobras Reverses Production Cuts

(Reuters, 27.Apr.2020) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has reversed most of its previously announced production cuts due to higher-than-expected demand for some fuels, it […]

Exxon Among 34 Vying To Market Guyana’s Oil

(Stabroek News, 22.Apr.2020) — Thirty-four companies have submitted expressions of interests (EOIs) to market Guyana’s entitlement from the Exxon-operated Liza Destiny FPSO in the Stabroek […]

Petrobras Starts Papa-Terra Binding Phase

(Petrobras, 17.Apr.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 3 February 2020, announces that it has started the binding phase referring to […]

Petrobras Says S&P Maintains Scale Rating

(Petrobras, 17.Apr.2020) — Petrobras announces the rating agency S&P Global  Ratings affirmed the ”BB-” global scale rating for Petrobras, with a stable outlook. The stand-alone […]

Brazil’s Petrobras Releases Tax Report For 2019

(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 15.Apr.2020) — Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras releases its 2019 tax report, showcasing its economic and social contributions. © Energy […]

Petrobras Begins Halting Ops At 62 Platforms

(Reuters, 15.Apr.2020) — Brazil’s state-owned oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Wednesday it had begun suspending operations of 62 shallow water platforms in the […]

Petrobras To Delay Payments From CDLs

(Petrobras, 9.Apr.2020) — Petrobras reports that it has been working to reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on the natural gas chain, since […]

Petrobras Updates On Severance Programs

(Petrobras, 8.Apr.2020) — Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors approved the creation of an Incentive Retirement Program (PAI), a new severance program aimed at […]

Mexico Refuses To Cut Oil Output

(Bloomberg, 8.Apr.2020) — Outside of Saudi Arabia and Russia, most oil producers are racing to deal with the historic oil price collapse by cutting back […]