Petrobrás Donations to Bahia Scrutinized
Petrobrás is suspected of inadvertently funding a political campaign of the ruling Worker’s Party (PT) through a contract with local...
February 28, 2012Topic
Petrobras
Repsol, Statoil in Brazil Oil Discovery
Statoil, Repsol Sinopec and partner Petrobrás, confirmed they had made a “high-impact” discovery in the Pão de Açúcar prospect off...
February 28, 2012
Petrobrás Logs Third Oil Spill in 2012
Petrobrás reported a leak off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state in the Campos basin’s Barracuda field, and while...
February 21, 2012
Petrobrás with Foster as New President
New Petrobrás CEO Maria das Graças Foster was sworn in yesterday as president of Petrobras, promising an administration based on...
February 14, 2012
Petrobras Pre-Salt Oil Spill Contained: Daily
A public investigation in underway after an incident at a deepwater oil field run by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras led...
February 2, 2012
Brazil’s Petrobras Taps First Female CEO
The Brazilian energy corporation Petrobras, looks set to welcome their first female CEO in the coming weeks, Maria das Graças...
January 24, 2012
Ibovespa’s Steady Gains in Brazil: Daily
The São Paulo Stock Exchange Bovespa Index (Ibovespa) continued its recovery yesterday pushing through the 61,000-point mark for the first...
January 19, 2012
Oil Royalties in 2011 Up 31% in Brazil
The Brazilian federal government paid oil royalties of R$12.99 billion in 2011, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and...
January 17, 2012
Transocean Operating in Brazil’s Oil Boom
After reports of federal prosecutors in Brazil seeking US$10.8 billion from Transocean following the oil leak in Chevron’s Frade Field,...
January 10, 2012