Petrobras

Petrobras is a publicly traded corporation operating in the oil, natural gas and energy industry.

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Petrobras has expertise in exploration and production, with decades of development in the Brazilian basins, particularly in deep and ultradeep waters. 

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This year's recipient of the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals is Jose Formigli, who played a crucial role in deepwater field development during his 30 years...
May 2, 2025
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Petrobras has confirmed a gas discovery offshore Colombia.
Petrobras’ Uchuva-2 appraisal well offshore Colombia has confirmed the extent of the 2022 gas discovery Uchuva-1 well on the Tayrona Block.
Aug. 6, 2024
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FPSO Maria Quitéria
Petrobras' production during the second quarter averaged 2,699 MMboe/d, 2.4% up on the corresponding quarter in 2023.
July 30, 2024
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GA Drilling's intelligent drilling platform PLASMABIT delivers ultra-deep geothermal energy. It is designed as an intelligent modular platform.
The collaboration aims to enable deep and complex offshore wells to be drilled from a light well intervention vessel rather than a semisub or drillship.
July 26, 2024
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The FPSO unit is scheduled to begin operations in the last quarter of 2024 in the Campos Basin's presalt layer.
The FPSO Maria Quitéria should arrive at the Jubarte Field in the Campos Basin during the third quarter, operator Petrobras said in an update.
June 21, 2024
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Petrobas plans to use the project to test and qualify new technologies, in part to address challenges of future commercial-scale offshore wind developments.
June 20, 2024
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Petrobras has appointed Magda Chambriard as a member of the board of directors and elected her as the company's new CEO.
May 28, 2024
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Executive Director of Corporate Affairs, Clarice Coppetti, has been appointed interim president of the company, until the election of a new CEO.
May 15, 2024
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FPSO Anita Garibaldi MV33
Petrobras expects to produce a further 860 MMboe from its revitalization of the Marlim Field in the Campos Basin by 2048, when the term for the concession is due to expire.
May 9, 2024
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FPSO Anna Nery
Petrobras has received the Distinguished Achievement Award at OTC for its innovations at the Marlim Field and others in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.
May 7, 2024

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Petrobras President and CEO Jean Paul Terra Prates participates in an executive dialogue on energy transition at OTC 2024.
Petrobras CEO and President Jean Paul Terra Prates says Brazil is in the middle of the transition and "at the peak of both things."
May 7, 2024
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An FPSO owned by Petrobras on the Albacora Field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil
Petrobras is highlighting its redevelopment of the Marlim Field in the Campos Basin and technologies to cut emissions at offshore fields at OTC this week.
May 6, 2024
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Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the State of Rio Grande do Norte concerning a potential offshore wind pilot project in the state.
April 30, 2024
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Petrobras has produced first gas through the P-68 platform serving the Berbigão and Sururu fields in the Santos basin offshore Brazil.
April 30, 2024
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Petrobras’ board has approved the sale of the company’s interests in the shallow-water Cherne and Bagre fields in the Campos Basin to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil.
April 18, 2024
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Petrobras has discovered oil in the Anhangá prospect in the ultradeepwater Potiguar Basin on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin.
April 10, 2024
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Petrobras and Mitsui & Co. signed a memorandum of understanding during the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference this week in Houston.
March 20, 2024
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Petrobras has formalized its entry into three exploration blocks offshore São Tomé and Príncipe, Africa.
Feb. 9, 2024
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The terminated lawsuit agreement ends a dispute that has been ongoing since February 2016.
Feb. 7, 2024
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FPSO Anna Nery
Petrobras’ oil and gas production last year averaged 2.78 MMboe/d, 3.7% up on the figure for 2022.
Jan. 29, 2024
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Petrobras has informed Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council of its interest in a right of first refusal in the offshore Jaspe Block in the Campos Basin.
Jan. 25, 2024
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SBM Offshore’s FPSO Sepetiba sailed away on June 16, 2023, from the BOMESC shipyard in China, after successful completion of the topsides integration and onshore commissioning phases, and then the FPSO began its transit to the Mero Field offshore Brazil.
Petrobras has started production through the FPSO Sepetiba at the deepwater Mero Field in Brazil’s presalt Santos Basin.
Jan. 2, 2024
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Petrobras has acquired 29 blocks in the Pelotas Basin offshore southeast Brazil under the ANP’s 4th Permanent Concession Offer Cycle.
Dec. 14, 2023
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Petrobras has revised its capex guidance for 2023 to $13 billion, down from the previously planned $16 billion but still 30% higher than in 2022.
Nov. 10, 2023
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Fpso Anna Nery
Petrobras has set a new quarterly oil and gas production record, achieving 3.98 MMboe/d during the third quarter from its fields offshore Brazil, 7.8% higher than in the second...
Oct. 17, 2023
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Petrobras' areas of interest for offshore wind projects.
Petrobras has submitted a request to Ibama to start the environmental licensing process for ten areas around Brazil’s coasts for offshore wind developments.
Sept. 14, 2023
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Petrobras has marked 15 years of production from the presalt offshore Brazil this month by confirming plans to deploy 11 new production platforms in presalt fields by 2027.
Sept. 5, 2023
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Petrobras will receive the 2023 OTC Brasil Distinguished Achievement Award in October for a new well construction/intervention development.
Aug. 31, 2023
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Petrobras has signed memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with the main Chinese banks operating in the oil, gas and energy industry: the China Development Bank and the Bank of ...
Aug. 30, 2023
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MODEC says its FPSO Anita Garibaldi MV33's operation is part of the Marlim cluster revitalization project.
The Anita Garibaldi FPSO newbuild has started operating for Petrobras on the post-salt and presalt Marlim and Voador fields in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.
Aug. 17, 2023
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The P-54 FPSO on the Roncador Field
Petrobras achieved a new presalt production from its fields offshore Brazil of 2.06 MMboe/d during second-quarter 2023, representing 78% of the company’s total output.
July 27, 2023
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FPSO Anna Nery achieved first oil on May 7, 2023.
The GERDAU/ECOVIX joint venture will decommission the P-32 platform after submitting the winning bid. The FPSO Anna Nery is the first of two floaters set to revitalize production...
July 10, 2023