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BEHIND THE NEWS: Why Coelho Filho Decided To Continue as Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy

Redação May 24, 2017

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Fernando Coelho Filho, decided to remain in Michel Temer’s administration, even after the PSB, his political party, decided to withdraw from the coalition and demand the resignation of the…

BRAZIL’S POLITICAL CRISIS: International press roundup

Redação May 22, 2017

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Brazilians around the country staged demonstrations Sunday calling for their president to step down after the supreme court opened an investigation into allegations he endorsed the payment of hush money to a jailed…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ROUNDUP: Brazilian political crisis

Redação May 19, 2017

The swirling, tumultuous events of this week involving Pres. Temer and prominent lawmakers in corruption charges that are threatening the downfall of his government have been widely and prominently covered in the mainstream international…

14th Bid Round To Be Stricter

Redação Oct 17, 2016

The selection of the offshore areas under study for the National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP) 14th Bid Round scheduled for 2017 is stricter than that offered in the previous round, avoiding areas in the new frontier – offshore…

ANP Analyzes Waiver for Libra FPSO

Redação Sep 9, 2016

Experts from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) have already begun working on a request by the Libra consortium for a waiver of the local content requirements for the FPSO for the field being put out to tender. The vessel will be…

PetroRio To Drill Two New Wells In Polvo

Redação Aug 12, 2016

PetroRio expects to drill up to two new wells in the Polvo field in the Campos Basin. The information was disclosed by Renato Jerusalmi, the oil company’s finance department manager during a conference call with investors today…

Operation License Requested

Redação Jun 2, 2016

Petrobras has requested an Operating License (OL) for the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba. The vessel will be responsible for production in the Lapa field in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, with start-up scheduled for the second half of…

Cidade de Ilhabela Hits Capacity Peak

Redação May 5, 2016

The FSPO Cidade de Ilhabela, installed in the northern part of the Sapinhoá field in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached peak capacity production in April, helping the area to hit an average production of 270,000 boepd. The…

Petrobras Charters Prosafe Flotel

Redação Aug 14, 2015

TheFloatel Safe Euros being buit in China Prosafe signed a US$ 164 million contract with Petrobras for a three-year charter of the Safe Eurus flotel, classified by the oil company as Maintenance and Security Unit (UMS). The…

From Water To Wind

Redação Dec 8, 2014

The country with enormously powerful hydroelectric power plants such as Itaipu (14,000 MW) and Tucuruí (8,370 MW) is now facing a totally unforeseen enemy: lack of water. After months of drought, the levels in the reservoirs worry…

Hotlines

Redação Dec 8, 2014

Ibama Ok’s FPSO Ilhabela Brazil’s environmental regulator, Ibama, has issued an operations license to Petrobras for the FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela, which has been cleared to begin production immediately in the Sapinhoá…

Hotlines

Redação Dec 8, 2014

The Most Productive Wind Farms With capacity factors ranging from 67% to 81%, in September the ten most productive wind farms were all located in Ceará state. The highest factor was recorded for Tractebel’s Trairí…

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Jan 20, 2021 - Petrobras IR

Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media on the divestments progress of the refineries, clarifies: (i) the company has received a binding proposal for the sale of Alberto Pasqualini Refinery (REFAP), in Rio Grande do Sul, and is in the negotiation phase with Ultrapar Participações S.A.; (ii) the company has received binding proposals for the sale of Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (REPAR), in Paraná, and is in the phase of analyzing the proposals; (iii) the company is awaiting final offers from all participants in the sale process of Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM), in Bahia, based on negotiated versions of contracts with Mubadala Investment Company; (iv) the company has received binding offers and is in the negotiation phase for the sale of Isaac Sabbá Refinery (REMAN), in Amazonas, Lubrificantes e Derivados de Petróleo do Nordeste (LUBNOR), in Ceará, and Shale Industrialization Unit (SIX), in Paraná; (v) the company expects to receive the binding offers for the sale of Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST), in Pernambuco, and Gabriel Passos Refinery (REGAP), in Minas Gerais, in the first quarter of this year.

Jan 20, 2021 - Reuters

Representatives of fuel suppliers to Venezuela, importers of Venezuelan oil and advocacy groups said this month they plan to press the incoming administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to reverse a ban on crude-for-diesel swaps. The Trump administration since the last quarter of 2020 barred companies from sending Venezuela diesel in exchange for crude. Those deals were exempted for more than a year from sanctions on state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro, who has overseen an economic collapse.

Jan 20, 2021 - Renewables Now

Brazilian renewable energy company Essentia Energia is planning to build a wind complex in Bahia state for a total cost of R$ 2.3 billion (US$ 434.5m), the local government announced last week. Named Ventos de Sao Vitor, the wind power complex will be located in the municipalities of Xique-Xique and Itaguacu da Bahia. Essentia Energia has already begun civil works and expects power supply to commence in the second quarter of 2022, while full commissioning is set for the first quarter of the following year.

Jan 20, 2021 - North Wales Pioneer

PetroStrat, which provides stratigraphic subsurface services, has acquired RPS Energy Ltd's assets and staff including 17 geological experts and an R&D laboratory and offices in Northwich. The move means that the Parc Caer Seion company will have more than 100 staff and 62 geological experts, becoming one of the largest knowledge bases of its kind in the industry. It is part of the company's plan to broaden its client base in countries including Brazil, Canada, the USA and West Africa and industry areas such as decommissioning and risk management, wind farm engineering and carbon capture and storage.