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Solstad Offshore offloads AHTS, loses two Petrobras charters
In an update on its vessels in Brazil, Solstad Offshore has revealed the sale of 1984-built anchor handling tug supply…
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SBM Offshore statement endorses integrity of two officials named by Brazilian prosecutors
Dutch platform-leasing giant SBM Offshore on Sunday came out strongly in defence of two of its top officials named by…
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Brazilian authorities arrest 12 in Petrobras bribe scheme involving agents for SBM Offshore
Brazilian authorities on Thursday charged 12 people in relation to improper payments made in deals involving the state oil firm…
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Petrobras makes further offshore oil find in Espirito Santo Basin
Petrobras, Brazil’s troubled and debt-ridden state oil firm, has made a further discovery of oil-bearing sandstone layers in the Espirito…
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Brazil’s EISA shipyard files for bankruptcy
Brazil’s Estaleiro Ilha (Eisa) shipyard in Rio de Janeiro has filed for bankruptcy, just a day after its 3,000 staff…
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Transpetro terminates two LPG carriers at Vard
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has been given notifiation from Petrobras Transportes (Transpetro) terminating the contracts of two LPG carriers ordered from…
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Petrobras denies plans to sell off 10% of Libra offshore oilfield
Petrobras on Friday denied reports from earlier in the week that had Brazil’s debt-laden state oil firm selling off a…
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Vale sells four VLOCs for $423m
Brazilian miner Vale has sold four of is 400,000-dwt VLOCs for $423m to a consortium led by ICBC Financial Leasing,…
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Petrobras to sell stake in Libra offshore oil field
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras, wrestling with immense debt obligations, is offering as much as a quarter of its significant…
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Maersk containership runs aground at Brazilian port
A Maersk Line containership, the 8,402 teu , ran aground yesterday afternoon while at the port of Santos in Brazil.…
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Vale to sell its last 11 VLOCs
The valemax shipowning adventure is coming to a close for Brazilian miner Vale. The huge gamble that never paid off…
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Petrorio extends BW Offshore FPSO Polvo contract
BW Offshore has said today that Petrorio has extended the contract for , operating offshore Brazil, for a further two…
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Petrobras reveals 32 companies have been barred while corruption probes continue
Petrobras has revealed that 32 companies are barred from doing work for Brazil’s state oil giant while corruption probes continue.…
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Brazilian senator and billionaire banker arrested for conspiring to undermine Petrobras corruption probe
A prominent member of Brazil’s Senate and the head of a top investment bank there have both been arrested in…
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BW Offshore FPSO involved in February fatal explosion off Brazil still out of action
BW Offshore has revealed that its Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit involved in a multiple-fatality explosion in February…
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Petrobras strike cost 2.29m barrels of oil in lost production
Petrobras revealed on Monday that the recently concluded oil workers strike cost the firm 2.29m barrels of oil and and…
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Petrobras strike action ends
The main union that was holding out on settling in the Petrobras oil workers strike voted on Friday to return…
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Unions at odds over FUP call to suspend strike against Petrobras
One of the key member unions of the FUP confederation appears to be splitting from its parent body on whether…
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Union seeks talks with Petrobras CEO as strike continues
Brazil’s main oil workers federation of unions, the FUP, is seeking to meet with the CEO of the state-run oil…
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Mega ship repair yard planned for northeast Brazil
Plans are under way for a huge new ship repair yard to be built near the Port of Cabedelo in…
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