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Petrobras and Chevron look to sell their stakes in Maromba field offshore Brazil
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras revealed on Thursday it intends to sell its stake in the Maromba oil field in…
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Petrobras awards Fugro two-year IRM contract extension
Netherlands-headquartered Fugro on Tuesday announced it has earned a two-year contract extension from Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras for work…
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Petrobras halts production at FPSO off Brazil after oil and water leak
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras halted production at its floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform because of a leak…
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Petrobras settles suit with one of its largest shareholders
Brazil’s troubled state oil firm Petrobras has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by shareholder The Vanguard Group. No figure…
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Federal Judge in Brazil orders investigation of former Petrobras chief
A federal judge in Brazil has ordered an investigation of the former head of scandal-plagued state oil firm Petrobras, according…
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Death toll rises to three from blast on drillship offshore Brazil
The death toll from a blast on a Petrobras drillship offshore Brazil has risen to three. A boiler explosion occurred…
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Explosion on Petrobras drillship off Brazil kills one and injures three
Petrobras on Friday reported an explosion on a drillship offshore Brazil that left one worker dead and three injured, according…
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Production under way at Shell and Petrobras deepwater FPSO in Brazil’s pre-salt
Deepwater production has begun at the floating production, storage and offloading vessel FPSO P-66 offshore Brazil, a joint venture of…
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Petrobras plan to exercise preferential rights in upcoming auctions
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras will exercise its preferential rights in two offshore oil auctions later this year, according to…
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Rowan to buy two jackup rigs from Petrobras
Houston-headquartered offshore drilling firm Rowan Companies has reached a provisional agreement to buy two jackup rigs from Brazil’s state oil giant…
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Petrobras planning to sell Texas refinery at a huge loss
Petrobras, the scandal-plagued state oil company of Brazil, is planning to sell an oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas which it…
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Petrobras says injunction against its sale of fuel distribution arm has been thrown out by a judge
Brazil’s corruption-racked and debt-laden state oil firm Petrobras said on Monday that a federal court had thrown out an injunction…
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Eike Batista allowed home under house arrest pending Petrobras-linked graft trial
Former multibillionaire Eike Batista, whose pending corruption trial is linked to the Petrobras bribery scandal, has been allowed to go…
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US court fines Odebrecht $2.6bn in connection with Petrobras graft scandal
A US District Judge in Brooklyn has fined Brazilian engineering giant Odebrecht $2.6bn for corruption linked to the Petrobras bribes-for-inflated-contracts…
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Brazil’s president denies $40m bribe claims in connection to Petrobras affair
Brazil’s national President Michel Temer has rejected accusations made in plea-bargain testimony that he was party to a $40m bribe,…
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Judge puts dozens of politicians under investigation in Petrobras bribery probe
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has placed dozens of politicians under investigation for bribery in connection with the Petrobras…
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Petrobras will get credit in revision of 2010 offshore rights deal
Brazil’s energy minister announced on Monday that the country’s oil industry regulator ANP will submit next month the calculations on…
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KBR to be paid $435m in settlement of dispute with Pemex
Houston-based engineering and construction services firm KBR announced on Monday it has settled for almost half a billion dollars a…
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US judge rules in Keppel’s favour over Petrobras bribery links
A court in the US has thrown out a case linking Singapore’s Keppel Corporation to the massive bribery case that…
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Petrobras ends oilfield deals with Australia’s Karoon Gas
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras has withdrawn its appeal of an injunction on the planned sale of offshore oil fields…
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