(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2015) – The Petrobras Annual Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for April 29, 2015 will elect new members of the Board of Directors and Fiscal Council. Petrobras has not yet completed...
(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2015) – Petrobras has decided to initiate its plan for withdrawing from Okinawa, Japan. The plan involves closing down the refining activities of the Nansei Sekiyu refinery (NSS). To...
(Petrobras, 25.Mar.2015) – At a meeting on March 24, 2015, Petrobras' Executive Board gave the go-ahead for a project to review its corporate governance and organizational management model, based on...
(Petrobras, 24.Mar.2015) – The Libra consortium has finished drilling extension well 3-BRSA-1267-RJS/3-BRSA-1267A-RJS (3-RJS-735/735A). The drilling results confirmed the presence of a hydrocarbon column approximately 200 meters deep in reservoirs with...
(Petrobras, 22.Mar.2015) – Economist Guido Mantega resigned on March 23, 2015 from the Petrobras' Board of Directors, leaving his position as President. The Board approved by majority vote the election...
(Karoon Gas Australia Ltd., 20.Mar.2015) – Karoon Gas Australia Ltd.'s disclosed that the Kangaroo-2 appraisal well, located in exploration Block S-M-1165, confirmed a 820 foot (250 meter) gross or 443...
(Petrobras, 19.Mar.2015) – Petrobras output from the Santos and Campos basin pre-salt clusters reached record levels in February. On 26 of the month, records were broken for own output, which...
(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. This was achieved in February...
(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 investigation. At the event, a...
(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 large-scale long-term production run in...
(Petrobras, 6.Mar.2015) – Petrobras announces that on March 4, 2015, the presiding judge appointed Universities Superannuation Scheme, Ltd. as the lead plaintiff in the Class Action filed against Petrobras in...
(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 S.A. (Petrobras) is credit negative...
(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 the provision of accounting audit...
(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 total $13.7 billion, and include...
(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 guarantee the transparent and accurate...
(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 of Petrobras replacing the current...
(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 discovery was made while drilling...
(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 assigned to Construtora Andrade Gutierrez...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Oct.2013) – Venezuela's Oil Minister President Rafael Ramirez spoke with journalist in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts from the discussion. Rafael Ramirez...
(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 Venezuela show that outcomes can...
(Galp Energia, 2.Sep.2010) — Galp Energia and its consortium partners Petrobras and YPF have signed today in Montevideo, an exploration and production agreement for the Uruguayan continental platform with Acap,...
(Council on Foreign Relations, Carin Zissis, 12.May.2006) — In a region seen as turning leftward, forging alliances would seem a natural course of events. But Bolivian President Evo Morales’ decision...