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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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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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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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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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Petrobras bosses call off strike talks with union
Petrobras management cancelled talks with the oilworkers union FUP, according to Reuters. The talks were supposed to happen on Tuesday.…
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Petrobras restores some output lost to strike action
Petrobras claimed on Friday to have restored some of the daily oil production output that it had lost because of…
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Noble Corp admits link to Petrobras corruption scandal
Drilling firm Noble Corp has admitted it has done some business with an agent in Brazil who recently pleaded guilty…
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Petrobras strike could be most damaging in 20 years
An ongoing strike by workers at Brazil’s troubled state oil firm Petrobras could be the most damaging industrial action the…
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Strike action by Petrobras workers impacts output
A strike by Brazilian oil workers has had significant and quick impact on Petrobras’ output, both the company and the…
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Diamond Offshore Drilling juggles rig contracts with Petrobras
Houston-based deepwater drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling announced on Monday that it has reached an agreement with Brazil’s state-run oil…
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Clock is ticking for SBM Offshore on $250m Petrobras settlement offer
Brazilian authorities have told SBM Offshore of the Netherlands that the clock is ticking on the company to pay a…
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Sevan’s agent implicated in Petrobras bribery scandal
An agent who brokered offshore contracts between Sevan Marine and Petrobras in Brazil has come under scrutiny after receiving up to…
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Sevan Marine investigation says illegal payments to Petrobras ‘more likely than not’
An independent corporate investigator has established it is “more likely than not” that ex-Sevan Marine employees made illegal payments to…
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