New Oil Revenue Distribution Plan Proposed
Workers’ Party (PT) Senator and former Governor of the State of Piauí, Wellington Dias, has proposed a oil royalty plan...
June 21, 2011Topic
Oil
Macaé Prepares for Brasil Offshore Conference
The Brasil Offshore oil industry event to be held between June 14th and 17th in Macae is the biggest of...
June 7, 2011
Petrobras Plans Fifty New Floating Cities
Petrobras is expanding with the deployment of self-sustaining platforms located far offshore which have been dubbed ‘floating cities’.
May 31, 2011
The Amazon, Oil and Olympics and a New Issue
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week the news is full of the usual suspects, not any less important,...
May 31, 2011Oil, State and Unity
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It does not surprise me that such a massive issue has separated the state...
December 7, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Gas and Oil
Opinion, by Michael Royseter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last Thursday, the two biggest news stories were (1) Russia and...
December 7, 2010
Senate Approves Petrobras Share Deal
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian Senate has approved the bill on the new capitalization...
June 22, 2010
Petrobras Reacts to Gulf Disaster
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – When an explosion on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the...
June 8, 2010
Finding Work in Rio
By Martin Kocandrle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Sitting on the beach in Copacabana or Ipanema, work is often...
April 27, 2010