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Montevideo, September 26th 2026 - 06:08 UTC

Energy & Oil

  • Monday, July 20th 2015 - 07:17 UTC

    Petrobras working to match domestic and international fuel prices

    The gap between local and international fuel prices led Petrobras to accumulate debts in recent years as it imported gasoline and diesel and sold them at a loss.

    Brazil's Petrobras is working to bring domestic diesel and gasoline prices into parity with international levels in order to attract downstream buyers or partners. The oil and gas giant needs to sell assets to survive a combination of mounting debt, low oil prices and a giant corruption scandal.

  • Friday, July 17th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

    Falklands' Premier secures two blocks in Mexico's oil industry privatization

    Mexico’s oil and gas privatization process began with shallow offshore assets; the licenses are in waters off the states of Veracruz and Tabasco

    Premier Oil, with strong involvement in the development of the Falkland Islands' oil and gas industry is among the winners in the first round of Mexico’s oil and gas privatization. The two licences secured by the London listed oil firm’s consortium were the only assets successfully auctioned by the Mexican authorities.

  • Monday, July 13th 2015 - 09:30 UTC

    Petrobras faces major class action lawsuit in US next February

    The investors of the company argue that Petrobras had window dressed the company’s accounts in order to make them appear more attractive

    Brazil's state-run oil producer Petrobras, said in a securities filing on Friday that its motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit in the United States had been denied by the court. Petrobras said part of the complaint against the company relating to bonds issued in the United States in 2012 was denied.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

    Keeping Falklands pristine: waste fuels and oil recycled into energy

    Miller at the oil yard depot and the IBC's. A four ton oil tank currently being pumped comes from the current Noble Energy Humpback exploration drill.

    The Falkland Islands have been for many years utilizing waste fuels and oil for energy from a variety of different sources and now the oil companies operating in the Falklands, having complied with all the safety regulations on storage and handling, are also contributing to the local 'processing' industry managed by Tim Miller and his greenhouse fresh vegetables enterprise.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

    Premier Oil Falklands' exploration budget increased given successful drilling

    2015 exploration expenditure has increased by $20m to around $240m primarily due to additional expenditure on the Isobel Deep well in the Falklands

    Premier Oil has increased its 2015 exploration budget by $20 million to account for higher investments in its drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands, the company said this week in a trading update. The company also revealed it is considering further drilling at the Isobel Deep recent discovery instead of going on to Jayne East in North Falkland.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

    Petrobras 'suspicious' activities could involve as much as 16bn dollars

    Rodrigues told a congressional committee that the “suspicious movement of 51.9 billion Reales in operations linked to Petrobras” had been detected

    Investigators with Brazil’s Finance Ministry say they have identified as much as US$16 billion worth of suspicious activity that may be part of a kickback scandal engulfing the state-owned oil company Petrobras.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2015 - 02:38 UTC

    Don't panic, nothing has really changed in the oil markets

    Demand for oil is heading towards record levels both internationally and in the U.S. The Greek issue is not new and it has not changed.

    Monday's 8% WTI crude decline is setting up a big opportunity for buyers. And there could be more to come. But this is driven by momentum, not by the fundamental conditions in the physical market.

  • Monday, July 6th 2015 - 14:59 UTC

    PetroRio buys Petrobras 20% concession in Bijupirá and Salema oil and gas fields

    These fields are located in the Campos Basin, between 480 and 850 meters depth. Daily production averages 22 thousand barrels of oil

    Brazil's oil and gas corporation Petrobras on Friday signed with PetroRio S.A. (‘PetroRio’) the contracts for the sale of 20% of its stake in the concessions of Bijupirá and Salema fields, currently operated by Shell. The transaction amounts to US$ 25 million and is subject to adjustments that are common to this type of operation.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 07:38 UTC

    BP agrees to a $18.7bn settlement on claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill

    The April 20, 2010 rig explosion and spill killed 11 workers and spewed oil for nearly three months on to the shorelines of several states.

    UK oil and gas giant BP said it has reached an $18.7 billion settlement of damages claims from the US government and five states after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. The US Justice Department said it could be the largest settlement with a single entity in US history and the total value would top $20 billion.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 07:12 UTC

    Petrobras investigation looks into corruption by a dozen foreign companies

    Zelada, head of Petrobras international division 2008/2012, appeared to have received bribes on a contract with US companies

    Brazilian police on Thursday arrested Jorge Zelada, former director of Petrobras' international division, as part of an ongoing investigation into bribery and corruption at the state-run oil producer, prosecutors have said. Zelada is suspected of money-laundering, appropriating public funds, corruption, tax evasion and contract fraud.