Tag: PBR

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 14:17 UTC

  Leading oil companies turn up at Uruguay Round II pre-bidding process

  

  Some of the world’s leading oil companies turned up at the Uruguay Round II informative session for operators interested in participating in the biding process for offshore exploration in Uruguay’s South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:18 UTC

  Shell confirms oil discovery in pre-salt drilling at Campos Basin

  

  Royal Dutch Shell Brazil discovered oil in the Campos Basin's pre-salt region, the company said Tuesday. In a statement, Shell Brazil said it had discovered oil in the 3-SHEL-22-ESS well at the Nautilus field, part of the Parque das Conchas development that went on-stream in July 2009.

• Monday, May 24th 2010 - 03:52 UTC

  Rousseff promises New York investors “continuity” of Lula da Silva’s policies

  

  Brazil's ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff promised, if elected, continuity of current economic and financial policies to ensure growth and macro-economic stability. She also stated that Brazil was prepared for “a woman president”.

• Thursday, May 13th 2010 - 10:38 UTC

  Brazil Announces Discovery of Field with 4.5 Billion Barrels of Light Oil

  

  Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has revealed that the 2-ANP-1-RJS well, dubbed Franco, is estimated to hold 4.5 billion barrels of recoverable light oil.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 01:16 UTC

  Repsol YPF Plans to Raise Cash to Keep Expanding in Brazil

  

  Repsol YPF S.A. (BMAD:REP), Spain’s biggest oil company, is considering the sale of about 40% of its Brazil assets in an initial public offering as early as this year, company executives said Thursday on a conference call.