Offshore staff

RIO DE JANEIRO – Petrobras International Braspetro has agreed to sell its 50% interest in Petrobras Oil & Gas (PO&GBV) to Petrovida Holding for up to $1.53 billion.

The latter is a company formed by Vitol Investment Partnership II, Africa Oil Corp., and Delonex Energy.

PO&GBV, a joint venture in the Netherlands between Petrobras and BTG Pactual E&P, has two main assets in Nigeria.

These are an 8% stake in the OML 127 block, containing the deepwaterAgbami oil field, and a 16% share of the OML 130 block, containing the producing Akpo field and the Egina field, which is in the final stages of development.

Net share of production from these assets to Petrobras is currently around 21,000 boe/d.

The sale of PO&GBV is part of the Petrobras Partnership and Divestment Program, in line with the company’s 2018-2022 Business and Management Plan and its increased focus on presalt investments off Brazil.

11/06/2018