Brazil

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May 06, 2019
Oilfield technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas and engineering company SÍMEROS Technologies have signed a collaboration agreement, which aims to deliver the first qualified thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) risers in the deepwater region of Brazil.
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May 03, 2019
One of Brazil’s best-performing hedge funds has been scooping up the shares of state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
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April 29, 2019
Petrobras executed three sale and purchase agreements to sell assets in the total amount of $10.3 billion (R$40 billion). In 2019, considering the signed transactions and the closed one, the total amount of asset sales is $11.3 billion.
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April 17, 2019
The government postponed for next year the discussion on the definition of exploratory oil and gas blocks in a promising pre-salt area located beyond the limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 200 nautical mi off the Brazilian coast.
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April 17, 2019
Total plans four new wells in Lapa field, offshore Brazil.
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April 10, 2019
Petrobras will get $9.06 billion to settle a deepwater contract dispute with the government, ending years of negotiations and paving the way for the majors to access crude deposits in the area.
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April 09, 2019
Forum Subsea Technologies has secured orders from DOF Subsea to supply three of its Ultra Compact Perry XLX-C work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
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April 03, 2019
More than 30 Gazprom Neft research geologists and IBM Research Brazil machine-learning research scientists have come together for the first time to share their unique knowledge, experience and skills in a research project,
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March 20, 2019
Margaret Øvrum recalls that investment depends on viability, "With a monopoly, you do not get the right price."
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March 19, 2019
Petrobras is expected to receive more than $18 billion from a mixture of government and private sources as payment for oil reserves, people familiar with the matter said, potentially resolving a dispute that has dragged on since 2013.
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March 18, 2019
Açu Petróleo (a partnership of Prumo Logística and Oiltanking) and Equinor signed a contract for oil transshipment services at the Petroleum Terminal (T-OIL), located in the Complex of Port of Açu, in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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March 10, 2019
Petroleo Brasileiro SA plans to implement a voluntary redundancy program and cost-cutting measures aimed at shaving $8.1 billion off its budget for the next five years.
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March 03, 2019
Petrobras posted $6.84 billion (R$25.8 billion) net income in 2018. The first positive annual result in five years is also the highest since 2011.
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February 25, 2019
Petrobras informs that in January its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.61 MMboe/y, of which 2.54 MMboed produced in Brazil and 73 Mboed abroad.
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February 20, 2019
Brazilian supply boom poised to challenge OPEC’s efforts to balance the global market.
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February 06, 2019
Airborne Oil & Gas announces that Renato Bastos has joined Airborne Oil & Gas, as V.P. Brazil, strengthening its presence in Brazil.
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February 01, 2019
Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. and consortium partners have announced the start of production at the Lula North deepwater project in the Brazilian Santos Basin.
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January 16, 2019
Petrobras reports that in 2018, its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.63 MMboed, of which 2.53 MMboed produced in Brazil and 101,000 boed abroad. Petrobras’ own production of oil in Brazil was 2.03 MMbpd.
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December 30, 2018
Petrobras' total production of oil and gas in November, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.62 MMboed, of which 2.52 MMboed were produced in Brazil and 100 Mboed outside.
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December 21, 2018
Agreement signed involves the sale of Petrobras' stake in the Lapa field and joint venture formation for onshore solar and wind projects in Brazil.
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December 19, 2018
Moreira Franco has had a long, varied and distinguished career spanning decades in Brazilian politics and academia, starting out as a sociology professor at the Federal Fluminense University before making the move into politics as the Mayor of Niterói in 1977.
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