Petrobras News

Petrobras discovers more Libra pay

Feb 18, 2016

Petrobras has discovered 'good quality oil' in a new well in the giant Libra field, in the pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Map of the Libra field, from Petrobras. Well 3-BRSA-1305A-RJS…

Petrobras cuts capex by $30 billion

Jan 12, 2016

Embattled Brazilian state owned firm Petrobras has made deeper cuts to its previously announced 2015-2019 business plan, with the company announcing a 25% drop in capex today (12 January).  Petrobras will drop its planned capital expenses by US$32 billion in its 2015-2019 business plan…

Leak shuts down Petrobras production

Jan 22, 2016

Petrobras stopped production from its P-31 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Rio de Janeiro for the second time this month, after gas and oil leaks occurred earlier this week, according to the Sindipetro Norte Fluminense union…

Petrobras axes Ensco rig deal

Jan 06, 2016

Houston-based Ensco received a cancelation notice from Brazilian giant Petrobras for the DS-5 drilling rig, citing improper payments. Image of the Ensco DS-5 drillship. Courtesy of Ensco. Last year…

GlobalData: Bleak prospects for Brazil oil production to 2020

Dec 23, 2015

Marred by corruption and market turmoil, Petrobras, the operator of key pre-salt projects for Brazil’s oil production over the next five years, is one of many Brazilian oil and gas companies facing a difficult financial future in the short term…

Noble Corp. linked to Petrobras scandal

Nov 05, 2015

Noble Corp. is the latest major oil and gas company to be linked to the Petróleo Brasileiro’s (Petrobras) Lava Jato bribery and corruption scandal, the offshore driller revealed in a regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission…

Petrobras chairman resigns

Nov 30, 2015

Petrobras announced that its chairman, Murilo Pinto de Oliveira Ferreira, who was in leave of absence since 14 September, 2015, presented his resignation. Luiz Nelson Guedes de Carvalho, who was performing the duties of the chairman since 14 September…

SBM receives Petrobras FPSO tenders

Nov 16, 2015

SBM Offshore received a formal invitation from Brazilian giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to tender for the Sépia and Libra floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs). Brasa shipyard…

Petrobras affected by oil strike

Nov 04, 2015

Amid being the center of a major, worldwide bribery and corruption scandal, Brazil state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro’s (Petrobras) operations are being affected by the oil workers’ unions strike, and at the same time, the company received the resignation of one of its board members…

Petrobras declares Sépia Leste viable

Nov 13, 2015

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has declared Sépia Leste in the Santos basin pre-salt area to be commercial with an estimated 130 MMboe recoverable resources, offshore Rio de Janeiro. Map of the Sépia field…

Petrobras appoints new ombudsman general

Nov 13, 2015

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has announced the board of directors’ approval of the appointment of Mário Vinícius Claussen Spinelli as the Petrobras’ new ombudsman general. As disclosed on 15 May 2015, Petrobras approved the restructuring of the ombudsman general’s office…

Petrobras appoints new chair

Nov 05, 2015

Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has appointed Segen Farid Estefen as the chairman of the board for its subsidiary company Petrobras Distribuidora, until 31 January 2016. Estefen is replacing Clovis Torres Jr., who announced his resignation earlier this week…

Petrobras inks $2 billion China leasing deal

Oct 13, 2015

Brazilian giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) entered into a US$2 billion deal with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Leasing (ICBC) for a finance lease on two existing platforms. Image from Petrobras…

Petrobras cancels helicopters

Oct 22, 2015

US-based Era Group’s Brazilian joint venture Aeróleo Taxi Aero received notification from Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) that Petrobras will cancel the ongoing tender process for heavy and medium helicopters, leaving the helicopter with a potential workforce reduction…

GlobalData: Brazil will drive FPSO global growth

Oct 29, 2015

Brazil will lead global growth in the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) industry despite the country’s national oil company, Petrobras, recently facing allegations of corruption, says research and consulting firm GlobalData…

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