Friday, December 20, 2024

Brazil’s 15th Offshore Bidding Round Sets a Record

Brazil’s 15th Bidding Round raised over USD$2.4 billion – this sets a new record for Brazil’s auctions. According to the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency, the 15th round will generate investments of USD$361.6 million in the first/exploration phase of the concession contracts alone. Brazil said that 22 offshore blocks were acquired out of the 47 offered. However, there were no offers

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Oil Hedges: Brazil and Mexico

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

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

OPEC Cuts Will Bring Crude Oil into Balance in 2017: UBS

Brazil Faces Offshore Oil Dilemma

From The Wall Street Journal In a few months, Brazil’s federal government will start receiving crude oil from a huge field, known as Libra, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. But the government has no tanker ships to unload oil from the platform where it will be pumped. It has no terminals to store oil, no pipelines to transport

Petrobras to Speed Up Divestitures, Cut Investments 25%

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

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

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

Petrobras Slashes $32 Billion from Five-Year Expenditure Plan

Oil Price Slide, Lower Exchange Rates Force Balance Sheet Adjustment 2015-2019 Plan is $125 Billion Lower than 2010-14 Plan The past year has been one to forget for Petrobras (ticker: PBR), as Brazil’s state owned oil magnate moves on from a messy scandal that has revealed some of the most prominent figures in the government. Aside from the proverbial black

Petrobras Revisits Debt Markets with Issuance of “Century Bond”

Petrobras (ticker: PBR) expects to raise US$2.5 billion through the issuance of 100-year global notes, the company announced on June 1, 2015. The notes include an annual yield of 8.45% and were issued at $0.81 on the dollar, enticing about $13 billion from potential investors, according to a source of The Wall Street Journal. Petrobras is the most indebted oil

Energy PE Firm HitecVision, Oman's Petrogas to Buy UK oilfields for $635 Million -Oil & Gas 360

New Discovery Off the Coast of Brazil

Chairman of India’s Videocon says new discovery will be one of the lowest cost wells in the world A consortium that includes a 50:50 joint venture between Bharat Petroleum (ticker: PBCL) and Videocon Industries (ticker: VIDEOIND), and Brazilian oil major Petrobras (ticker: PBR) report a significant discovery off the northeast coast of Brazil. The discovery was made in a well

Petrobras: Release of External Auditor Reports will be Delayed

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (ticker: PBR), or Petrobras, will release its official Q3’14 financial results in January 2015 without the external auditors report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The decision, announced on December 29, 2014, adds that PBR is “committed to releasing its third quarter accounting statements reviewed by PwC as soon as possible.” The company typically releases its third quarter results in

Petrobras Announces Production Sharing Contract with Four Companies, Prepares to Develop Libra Basin

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras (ticker: PBR), is the state-run oil company of Brazil and has operations in 24 countries across five continents. It is the largest producer in South America and participates in E&P, refining, trade, transportation, petrochemicals, oil distribution, electricity, biofuels, and sources of renewable energy. PBR celebrated its 60th anniversary on October 3, 2013. On October 21,