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Petrobras suspends charter payments to Teekay for problematic accommodation rig
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras has not been making charter payments to Teekay Offshore Partners since November for an offshore…
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Odebrecht bribery probe widens
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex, a major offshore player, has announced it is conducting an internal investigation to find out…
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Senators in the firing line for obstructing Petrobras probe
The country’s top prosecutor has asked Brazil’s Supreme Court for permission to investigate a former national president, some senators and…
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Maersk mulls Brazil energy sales
Maersk Energy is mulling selling its oil and gas business in Brazil, its ceo has told Reuters. “We have said…
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Former billionaire Batista arrested in Petrobras probe
Oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista, wanted in connection with the Petrobras scandal, returned to Brazil from the US and…
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DOF wins new contracts in Brazil
Norway’s DOF says that its subsidiary Norskan Offshore has been awarded three new contracts by Petrobras in Brazil. AHTS has…
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Deep Sea Supply secures AHTS contract
John Fredriksen’s Deep Sea Supply has been awarded a new time charter contract for 1998-built AHTS vessel for operations in Brazil.…
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Brazilian court rules Petrobras can continue sale of offshore fields
A federal court in Brazil has ruled that it is OK for state oil firm Petrobras to go ahead with…
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Petrobras subsidiaries being sued by investors in the Netherlands
Brazil’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras says two of its subsidiaries are being sued by investors in the Netherlands, according to…
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Svitzer to expand tug fleet in Brazil to 10 vessels
Towage and marine services firm Svitzer is more than doubling the size of its fleet of tugs working in Brazil this…
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Maersk Supply Service gets two-year AHTS contract from PetroRio
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract with PetroRio for anchor handling tug supply vessel . Commencing June 2017,…
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Odebrecht again looking to exit huge river navigability project in Colombia
Brazilian construction and engineering giant Odebrecht is trying to offload its stake in a river navigability project in Colombia, according…
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Europe
Subsea 7 pipelay vessel terminated by Petrobras again
Subsea 7 says that Petrobras has terminated the day-rate contract for pipelay vessel , effective January 16. The termination, which…
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Chevron takes two AHTS vessels from Edison Chouest
US oil supermajor Chevron has snapped up a pair of offshore vessels from Bram Offshore, a Brazilian subsidiary of Edison Chouest.…
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Halliburton and Petrobras reach new agreement on technology co-operation
US oilfield services giant Halliburton and Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras have made a new agreement on technology co-operation, which…
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Petrobras and Repsol Sinopec declare prospect in Santos basin unviable
Troubled Brazilian state oil giant Petrobras and the Spanish-Chinese partnership Repsol Sinopec have decided to walk away from an offshore…
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Petrobras falls short of two-year target for asset divestment
Brazil’s faltering state oil giant Petrobras admitted on Wednesday that it will come up $1.5bn shy of its targeted divestment…
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Brazil planning refinery on northeast coast
Brazilian officials are talking with Iranian and Indian oil and engineering firms about investing in a planned oil and petrochemical…
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Total to invest $1bn per year in Brazil
A Brazilian unit of French supermajor Total is planning to invest $1bn annually (for an unspecified number of years) in…
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Petrobras plans to claim a portion of Odebrecht bribery settlement
Brazil’s debt-laden state oil firm Petrobras is planning to claim a portion of this week’s anti-corruption settlement agreed to by…
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