Tag: Petrobras

• Friday, June 10th 2011 - 15:32 UTC

  Petrobras double-strike: major discovery in US Gulf of Mexico and in Brazil

  

  Lucky week for Brazil’s Petrobras that announced major oil and gas discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Spirito Santo in Brazil.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 05:52 UTC

  Ousted Palocci takes his job as member of Petrobras administration council

  

  Antonio Palocci, who on Tuesday stepped down as President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff over questions about his personal finances, will be taking a seat at Petrobras Administration Council, confirmed Brazil’s oil giant president Sergio Gabrielli.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 15:35 UTC

  Brazilian banks and funds create company to build deep-water rigs for Petrobras

  

  A group of Brazilian banks and funds have created a company called Sete Brasil that will build seven deep-water rigs for state-run oil company Petrobras offshore exploration campaign, Petrobras announced on Monday.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2011 - 07:46 UTC

  Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras the most valuable brand in Latin America

  

  Brazil’s oil and gas corporation Petrobras was ranked first in a new listing of the most valuable brands in Latin America, with an estimated brand value of 13.4 billion US dollars.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 17:08 UTC

  Petrobras earmarks 73 billion USD for investment in Santos pre-salt basin

  

  Petrobras announced the increased investment plans for the emerging Santos basin pre-salt assets, earmarking 73 billion US dollars for the 2011-2015 period. The vast sum is a 63% increase compared with the company’s 2010-2014 plan said a company statement.

• Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 15:32 UTC

  Petrobras announces discovery of new high-quality deep water oil deposit

  

  Brazilian government controlled oil and gas corporation Petrobras announced the discovery of a new high-quality crude deposit in ultra-deep waters off Brazil’s south-eastern coast.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  NZ environmentalists accuse Petrobras oil exploration of penguins’ deaths

  

  Environmentalists in New Zealand asked the government to halt an offshore oil exploration project being conducted for Brazilian oil giant Petrobras in the wake of the deaths of dozens of penguins, the press reported.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2011 - 00:49 UTC

  First Brazilian pre-salt oil shipment to Chile in mid May

  

  Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer will export its first cargo from the country’s second-largest crude field to Chile in mid-May.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:24 UTC

  Protestors force Petrobras to suspend off shore seismic surveying in New Zealand

  

  Brazilian oil giant Petrobras suspended an offshore survey Sunday in New Zealand after several environmental activists jumped into the water to block the passage of the ship conducting the study, reports the NZ press.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:05 UTC

  US must be more pro-active if it wants access to Brazilian oil, says Petrobras

  

  The United States must pay more importance to its strategic alliance with Brazil if it really wants to benefit from Petrobras’ recently discovered deep-water oil and natural gas reserves in the Atlantic Ocean, the company’s CEO, Jose Sergio Gabrielli, said.