Petrobras, CNPC to Finish Rio Refinery

(Efe, 4.Jul.2018) – Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and China’s state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation signed a letter of intent to conclude construction of a refinery in Rio de Janeiro, the South American company said. Work on the refinery, known as the Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex (Comperj), has been […]

Petrobras New CFO Election

(Petrobras, 27.Jun.2018) – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, appointed the engineer Rafael Salvador Grisolia to the position of Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of the company, with an office term until March 26, 2019, the same term of the other officers of […]

Brazil Labor Court Rules Against Petrobras

(Reuters, 21.Jun.2018) – Brazil’s top labor court ruled in favor of workers at Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro in a wage spat that could cost the world’s most indebted oil company up to 17 billion reais ($4.5 billion). Petrobras, as the company is known, could still appeal the Superior […]

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 a deepwater region of the Atlantic Ocean known as the pre-salt. The winner of the largest and most coveted block – known as Uirapuru – […]

ExxonMobil Wins More Acreage in Brazil Bid Round

(ExxonMobil, 7.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil has increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after winning the Uirapuru exploration block with co-venturers Equinor and Petrogal Brasil during Brazil’s 4th pre-salt bid round. The block awarded adds about 88,900 net acres to the ExxonMobil portfolio, expanding the company’s total position in the country […]

Petrobras BODs Appoints New CEO

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Jun.2018) – Ivan de Souza Monteiro is the new president of Petrobras. Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras announced controlling shareholder informed the company of the appointment of engineer Ivan de Souza Monteiro, current interim CEO, to join Petrobras’ Board of Directors and assume the position […]

Petrobras Boss Resigns Amid Truckers’ Strike

(Al Jazeera, Daniel Schweimler, 2.Jun.2018) – Pedro Parente’s resignation was one of the demands of striking workers due to worries that he was going to privatise Brazil’s share of the Latin American oil company. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/brazil-oil-company-petrobras-boss-resigns-truckers-strike-180602120210810.html The boss of the biggest oil company in Brazil has resigned, driving down the share […]

Petrobras CEO Parente Resigns Post

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jun.2018) – Pedro Parente resigned as CEO of Petrobras. In an official statement, Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras confirmed Mr. Parente had resigned his position as CEO of the company. Petrobras said nomination of an interim CEO will be analyzed by the Board of Directors […]

Brazil Oil Workers Strike, Defying Court Order

(Efe, 30.May.2018) – Brazilian oil workers defied a court order on Wednesday by launching a three-day strike affecting oil refineries. The FUP, a federation that assembles most of Brazil’s oil workers’ unions, said in a statement that the top labor court’s decision to declare the strike illegal had not “intimidated” […]

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 Biofuels Agency (ANP), relating to the Lula Field in the Santos Basin pre-salt, for the amount of R$2.6 billion. This notice is due to the […]

Petrobras Says P-69 Arrives in Brazil

(Petrobras, 30.Mar.2017) – Platform is now at Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis On March 28, the hull of floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) P-69 arrived at the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. This shipyard will do the platform’s integration […]

Petrobras Updates on BaĂşna, Tartaruga Verde

(Petrobras, 30.Mar.2017) – Petrobras, in continuation to the material facts of 10/6/2016, 12/20/2016, and 3/15/2017 and to the press release of 11/21/2016, clarifies that it has notified the Federal Supreme Court of the impossibility to proceed with the divestment process for the transfer of rights relating to the fields of […]

Petrobras Updates on Shareholders Meeting

(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras informed that the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting, held in the Auditorium of the company’s headquarters on Avenida Republic of Chile nÂş 65-1st floor, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), decided, by the majority, and has adopted the following: Election of Mr. Adriano Pereira de […]

Reelection of Petrobras CEO

(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras reports that in the meeting held yesterday Petrobras’ Board of Directors approved the reelection of CEO Pedro Pullen Parente for a two-year term in the company’s Executive Office. Mr. Pedro Parente had been elected CEO as of May 31, 2016, following the term in office of […]

Petrobras’ Sale of PetroquĂ­micaSuape and Citepe

(Petrobras, 27.Mar.2017) – Petrobras, in continuation to the material fact disclosed on December 28, 2016, informed that, the Shareholders’ Extraordinary General Meeting approved the sale of 100% of the shares held by Petrobras in PetroquĂ­micaSuape and Citepe to Grupo Petrotemex S.A. de C.V. and Dak Americas Exterior, S.L, subsidiaries of […]

Petrobras Offers Clarification: CARF Ruling

(Petrobras, 24.Mar.2017) – Petrobras informed that the Administrative Board of Tax Appeals (CARF) issued on 3/22/17 a decision in favor of the Company, in the administrative proceeding that addresses the deductibility of expenses incurred by Petrobras in the development of oil and gas production, for the purposes of calculating the […]

Petrobras Reports 2016 Results

(Petrobras, 23.Mar.2017) – Petrobras’ results in 2016 were marked by a significant improvement in its operational performance over the course of the year, reflected in a reversal from the loss posted in 3Q16 to a net profit of R$2.51 billion in 4Q16, and a reduction in indebtedness. Despite lower oil […]

Petrobras Says Court Authorizes Divestment Program

(Petrobras, 15.Mar.2017) – Petrobras, in continuation to the material facts disclosed on 12/8/2016 and 12/20/2016, reports that the decision by the Federal Accounting Court (TCU) issued, repealed the preventive order preventing the company from initiating new divestment projects and concluding those in progress and, as for the merit, ordered Petrobras […]

Petrobras’ Unaffected by Brazil’s Outlook

(Moody’s, 15.Mar.2017) – On 15 March 2017 Moody’s changed the outlook on the Government of Brazil’s Ba2 rating to stable from negative, reflecting Moody’s expectation that the downside risks are abating and macroeconomic conditions stabilizing. As stated in our previous reports, the change in Brazil´s outlook does not directly affect […]

Petrobras Reports Oil, Gas Output in February

(Petrobras, 14.Mar.2017) – Petrobras’ oil and natural gas production in February totaled 2.82 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with 2.703 million boed produced in Brazil and 113,000 boed abroad. Average domestic oil output stood at 2.20 million barrels per day (bpd), 1% down on the January figure. […]

Petrobras Clarification on Alliance News

(Petrobras, 10.Mar.2017) – Petrobras understands that the content disclosed to the market on the Strategic Alliance with Total on 10/24/2016, 12/21/2016 and 3/1/2017, includes the relevant information about this partnership, informing the values that refer to the purchase and sale contracts that were signed between the two companies and to […]

Petrobras Updates on Nova Transportadora Sale

(Petrobras, 10.Mar.2017) – Petrobras informed that it was suspended today by the President of the Federal Regional Court for the 5th Region, the injunction that determined the interruption of the sale of 90% of Petrobras stake in Nova Transportadora do Sudeste (NTS). With the favorable decision by said Court, the […]

Strategic Alliance Between Petrobras, Total

(Petrobras, 7.Mar.2017) – Petrobras clarified that the R$ 500 million amount mentioned in the article published by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and mentioned by President Pedro Parente in an internal communication to the company’s work force, represents a preliminary estimate of potential gains that may result from […]

Petrobras, Total Finalize Strategic Alliance

(Petrobras, 1.Mar.2017) – Petrobras and Total signed the sales contracts for the assets in the Strategic Alliance, as set out in the Master Agreement signed on the 21st of December, 2016. The contracts signed yesterday form a Strategic Alliance between both companies creating new partnerships in the Upstream and Downstream […]

Petrobras Approves Settlements with Investors

(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2017) – Petrobras announces its Board of Directors has approved settlements to end four individual lawsuits filed before the Federal Court of New York, USA, by New York City Employees Retirement System (and others), Transamerica Income Shares, Inc. (and others), Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Lord Abbett Investment Trust – Lord […]

Nova Fronteira Merges into SĂŁo Martinho S.A.

(Petrobras, 23.Feb.2017) – Petrobras announced that, further to the statement on 12/15/2016, its wholly owned subsidiary Petrobras BiocombustĂ­vel S.A. (PBIO) finalized the merger of Nova Fronteira into SĂŁo Martinho S.A. The transaction was concluded on PBIO’s receipt of 24 million new ordinary shares issued by SĂŁo Martinho, representing 6.593% of […]

Petrobras Proceeds with Sale of PetroquĂ­micaSuape

(Petrobras, 23.Feb.2017) – Further to the relevant fact disclosed on January 31, 2017, Petrobras announced that the Federal Regional Court of the 5th Region granted the stay of proceedings sought by Petrobras concerning the sale of the shares in Companhia PetroquĂ­mica de Pernambuco (PetroquĂ­micaSuape) and Companhia Integrada TĂŞxtil de Pernambuco […]

Petrobras Reports Production in January

(Petrobras, 15.Feb.2017) – Petrobras’ total oil and natural gas production in January was 2.86 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), of which 2.74 million boed were produced in Brazil and 0.12 million boed abroad. The average oil production in the country was 2.23 million barrels per day (bpd), […]

Petrobras Reaches Production Target

(Petrobras, 12.Feb.2017) – Petrobras reported average oil production in Brazil reached an annual historical record in 2016, at 2.144.256 barrels per day (bpd), 0.75% above the results for the prior year and in line with the 2,145 thousand bpd target forecast for the period. For the second year in a […]

Standard & Poor’s Improves Petrobras’ Rating

(Petrobras, 11.Feb.2017) – Petrobras announced that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s raised its rating for the company’s corporate debt to ‘BB-‘ from ‘B+’ and changed its outlook to stable from negative. The agency stated that the improvement in Petrobras’ rating reflects the evolution of its liquidity and a […]

Petrobras Announces Final Tender Results

(Petrobras, 9.Feb.2017) – PetrĂłleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) announced that holders of $4,899,100,000 and €631,753,000 principal amount of the outstanding notes of the series set forth in the table below (all such notes, collectively, the Old Notes and each a “series” of Old Notes), issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary […]

P-66 Leaves Shipyard for Lula Field

(Petrobras, 6.Feb.2017) – The floating platform will operate in the Santos Basin pre-salt and it will be the seventh unit deployed in Lula field. On February 4, 2017 the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) P-66 left the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro. It is […]

Gran Tierra to Divest Brazil Business

(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 6.Feb.2017) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced a purchase and sale agreement was executed pursuant to which Maha Energy AB agreed to purchase Gran Tierra’s Brazil business unit through the acquisition of all of the equity interests in one of Gran Tierra’s indirect subsidiaries, and the […]

Petrobras Announces Pricing of Global Notes

(Petrobras, 10.Jan.2017) – Petrobras announces the pricing of global notes denominated in U.S. Dollars (the “Notes”) to be issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF). The Notes will be unsecured obligations of PGF and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras. Closing is expected to occur […]

Moody’s Assigns Rating to Petrobras Notes

(Moody’s Investors Service, 9.Jan.2017) – Moody’s Investors Service assigned a B2 rating to Petrobras Global Finance B.V.’s proposed global notes, which will be unconditionally guaranteed by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (B2 stable). The B2 rating on the proposed notes is based on the rating of Petrobras. The proposed notes are senior […]

Petrobras Concludes Nansei Sekiyu Sale

(Petrobras, 28.Dec.2016) – Petrobras concluded the sale of its 100% stake in Nansei Sekiyu (NSS) to the Taiyo Oil Company. The transaction was done by Taiyo paying $165 million, after complying with all previous conditions set forth in the agreement as signed on October 17, 2016. This amount is still […]

Petrobras Sells Sugar, Ethanol, PetroChem Assets

(Petrobras, 28.Dec.2016) – These transactions are part of the company’s partnerships and divestments program. The target for the period 2017-2018 is $21 billion … On December 28, 2016, Petrobras closed two asset sales for the total sum of $587 million. The subsidiary Petrobras BiocombustĂ­vel (PBio) sold to Tereos Participations – […]

Petrobras, Total Move Forward with Alliance

(Petrobras, 21.Dec.2016) – Petrobras signed a Master Agreement with the French company Total, in connection with the Strategic Alliance established in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 10/24/2016, as previously announced to the market. Entering into strategic partnerships is an important part of Petrobras’ 2017-2021 Business and Management Plan, as […]