Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was not consulted or informed about state oil giant Petrobras’ decision this week to raise fuel prices, which underscores the company’s independence, Chief Executive Joaquim Silva e Luna told Reuters on Wednesday. The ex-army general chosen in April by Bolsonaro to lead the company said there has not been and there
Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO – For many investors, the appointment of former army general Joaquim Silva e Luna as the new chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras was unexpected – and unwelcome. President Jair Bolsonaro announced the 71-year-old Luna would take the helm of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the firm is formally known, in a Facebook post in
Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO – Joaquim Silva e Luna, the incoming CEO of Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, told Reuters that at least part of the executive board could stay on when he takes over in April, a signal that he is not planning a wholesale shake-up of management. The former defense minister and army general added, however, that at
Reuters SAO PAULO – Brazilian state-run oil group Petrobras recovered some of its recent share price losses on Tuesday as the board met to consider Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s nomination of a retired general to replace the company’s market-friendly CEO. Shares in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is officially known, rose as much as 8% after back-to-back losses that
Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO/MEXICO CITY – Brazil increased crude exports to Asia in the first half of the year, stealing a slice of a coveted developing market from global rivals who made record cuts to shipments to match the unprecedented fall in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The rise reflects Brazil’s growing clout among global oil producers as its
Reuters BRASILIA – Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras said on Monday it exported a record 1 million barrels of oil a day in April, beating the previous record of 771,000 barrels a day in December last year. In a securities filing, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the firm is formally known, said that marked an increase of 145% over the same
LNG World News Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras has started a process to lease its Bahia regasification LNG terminal and its integrated pipeline in northeast Brazil. Petrobras said on Monday that the start of the terminal lease process began following an agreement signed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense. According to the company, the prequalification procedure of
Reuters OSLO – Norway’s Equinor plans to drill 30-40 oil and gas exploration wells globally in 2020, similar this year, with Brazil being a “hotspot” of its international efforts, the company’s exploration head said on Tuesday. The company will drill about 20-30 exploration wells on the Norwegian continental shelf, focusing on the North Sea, plus wells at the Johan Castberg
Source: Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – When executives arrive in Rio de Janeiro this week for Brazil’s biennial Offshore Technology Conference, they will find themselves in Latin America’s most promising market for Big Oil by far. That marks a dramatic change from only a year ago. In early October 2018, Brazil’s current president, Jair Bolsonaro, was in
Source: Reuters BP Plc, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are among the companies that will compete for exploration and production rights off the Brazilian coast on Thursday, in the first of three oil bidding rounds scheduled for coming weeks. Combined, the minimum signing bonuses for the blocks in the so-called 16th post-salt oil bidding round in the Latin
From World Oil Repsol Sinopec Brazil, Ouro Negro and the Mechanical Engineering Department of PUC-Rio’s Technical and Scientific Center (CTC/PUC-Rio) are expanding their technological partnership, developing a through tubing logging profiling tool to assess cement quality in lined wells. “The proposal is to have a tool that enables the detection of cement anomalies in the adjacent layer and not only
From Reuters Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA sold its entire oil hedge position amid a sharp fall in crude prices, the company said in a filing on Wednesday night, saying it has eliminated uncertainties regarding its cash flow thanks in part to divestments. Petrobras, as the state-run company is known, said in March it was spending $320 million on put options,
