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Oil Hedges: Brazil and Mexico

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 …

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

$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 …

Petrobras Posts $5.1 Billion Loss

Petrobras Posts $5.1 Billion Loss

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 …

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

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

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 …

Petrobras to Speed Up Divestitures, Cut Investments 25%

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 …

Third CEO for Petrobras in 16 Months

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 …

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

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.…

More Loans from China — BOC Lends Gazprom $2.2 Billion

More Loans from China — BOC Lends Gazprom $2.2 Billion

‘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 …

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

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

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

Petrobras – Day Two Breakout Notes

Petrobras – Day Two Breakout Notes

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, …

August 18, 2015 - 1:43 pm 2015 TOGC Two, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Petrobras Cuts 2020 Production Estimates by 30% in Latest Business Plan

Petrobras Cuts 2020 Production Estimates by 30% in Latest Business Plan

Volumes Revised Downward to 3.7 MMBOEPD from 5.3 MMBOEPD

Petrobras (ticker: PBR) has made all the headlines for all of the wrong reasons in the last several months, and the company is taking initiatives to shed its image as the …

Petrobras Revisits Debt Markets with Issuance of “Century Bond”

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 …

Petrobras Finalizes Audits, Writes down $17 Billion in Q4’14

Petrobras Finalizes Audits, Writes down $17 Billion in Q4’14

Total Debt now Exceeds $100 Billion

The long awaited financial results of supergiant Petrobras (ticker: PBR) were finally issued on April 22, 2015. The end result: $16.8 billion in write-offs, including $2.5 billion in charges directly related to bribery and …

Petrobras: Release of External Auditor Reports will be Delayed

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 …

Brazil Election: Petrobras Faces Tough Climb After Rousseff Wins Second Term

Brazil Election: Petrobras Faces Tough Climb After Rousseff Wins Second Term

The hopes for Petrobras (ticker: PBR) investors and Brazil’s pro-business advocates were dashed on October 27, 2014, with the announcement of Dilma Rousseff winning a second term as the country’s president. The challenger, Aecio Neves, fell just short of unseating …

October 27, 2014 - 6:26 pm International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Petrobras at a Crossroads: Production Rising, but Will Brazil’s Election Slam on the Brakes?

Petrobras at a Crossroads: Production Rising, but Will Brazil’s Election Slam on the Brakes?

Petrobras (ticker: PBR) announced production for the month of September 2014 increased 0.8% compared to August 2014. Rates totaled 2,781 MBOEPD, up from the previous month’s volume of 2,759 MBOEPD. The increase comes despite a temporary interruption of 44 MBOPD …

October 15, 2014 - 7:00 pm International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles