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Vantage Drilling Awarded $622 Million in Petrobras Arbitration

July 2, 2018

Vantage Drilling International (OTCMKTS: VTGDF) announced today that it was successful in its previously disclosed arbitration with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (NYSE: PBR). The Tribunal found that Petrobras America, Inc. (PAI) and Petrobras Venezuela Investments & Services, BV (PVIS), both subsidiaries of Petrobras, breached the Agreement for the Provision of Drilling Services for the Titanium Explorer dated February 4, 2009. The

Petrobras Names CFO

June 28, 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 the Executive Board. Rafael Grisolia is a Production Engineer, holding an MBA from

Oil Hedges: Brazil and Mexico

March 28, 2018

Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, has hedged a portion of its 2018 oil production. The move should protect cash flow against downturns in the marketplace. Bloomberg reported that the company hedged 128 MMBbls, or 350,685 BOPD at an average Brent price of $65/bbl. The average cost, a company filing on Wednesday said, is about $3.48 a barrel. Petrobras has become

$2.8 Billion: Statoil Acquires 25% Stake in Roncador, Brazil

December 18, 2017

Statoil ASA (ticker: STO) and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (ticker: PBR) have agreed that Statoil will acquire a 25% interest in Roncador, a large oil field in the Campos Basin in Brazil. The transaction nearly triples Statoil’s production in Brazil. Total consideration comprises an initial payment of $2.35 billion, plus additional contingent payments of up to $550 million. “This

Petrobras Posts $5.1 Billion Loss

November 11, 2016

Analysts expected Petrobras to report positive numbers this quarter, but write-downs dragged Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras (ticker: PBR) saw its stock drop about 5% in the opening minutes of its call as the company reported a 16.5 billion Brazilian reais ($5.1 billion) net loss due in large part to write-downs on the company’s assets. The company’s stock recovered slightly throughout the

Petrobras and Total Sign MOU for International Cooperation on Upstream and Downstream Projects

October 24, 2016

Petrobras and Total partnership to focus on upstream, gas and power The heads of Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras (ticker: PBR) and French oil major Total (ticker: TOT) announced today that the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate with one another on upstream and downstream projects. The first phase of implementation will focus on upstream and on gas

Petrobras to Speed Up Divestitures, Cut Investments 25%

September 20, 2016

Petrobras plans to reduce its $124 billion debt, dropping its debt-to-EBITDA to 2.5 by 2018 Brazil’s state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro (ticker: PBR) released both its strategic, and business and management plans for 2017 to 2021 as the company looks to rebuild trust with investors as Petrobras, as the company is commonly referred to, attempts to deleverage amid a corruption probe. Petrobras

Third CEO for Petrobras in 16 Months

May 20, 2016

The president of Brazil named Pedro Parente chief executive officer of state-led oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA. It was a move by interim Brazilian President Michel Temer to revamp economic policy and shore up the debt-laden oil producer. Parente is best known for his role as chairman of the Brazil unit of agribusiness and commodities-trading giant Bunge Ltd from 2010

Petrobras Reports $358 Million Miss as it Looks to Correct Course

May 13, 2016

Petrobras reports $358 million loss on lower production and sales Brazil’s state-owned oil giant, Petroleo Brasileiro (ticker: PBR), reported its first quarter results yesterday, showing a 1.25 billion reais ($358 million) loss in the first three months of the year. Petrobras, as the company is commonly called, is the most in-debt oil and gas company in the world, and has

More Loans from China — BOC Lends Gazprom $2.2 Billion

March 3, 2016

‘Sitting in Ambush’ for Russian Companies Bank of China has agreed to loan Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) €2 billion ($2.17 billion). In the company’s press release, Gazprom said the loan was the largest deal in terms of the amount of financing attracted directly from one financial institution and the first bilateral loan facility agreement with a Chinese

World’s Most In-Debt Oil Company to Get $10 Billion Lifeline from China

February 29, 2016

Petrobras plans to use loan to help pay down debt Petrobras (ticker: PBR, Petrobras.com) will receive a $10 billion loan from the China Development Bank to help pay down the company’s debt coming due this year, according to a report from China Business News. In exchange for helping PBR pay its $12 billion 2016 debt, Petrobras will supply oil to

Petrobras – Day Two Breakout Notes

August 18, 2015

Fernanda Bianchini Egert and Ted Helms, Investor Relations Directors for Petrobras (NYSE: PBR), presented today at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference 20®. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras, is a semi-public Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company holds roughly 16 billion barrels of proved oil reserves and is producing more than 2.7 million barrels

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