Petrobras completes two formation tests in Carcará area Dec 29, 2015
Petrobras concluded two formation tests in the 3-SPS-105 well, confirming the high productivity of the pre-salt carbonate reservoirs. The 3-SPS-105 well, informally known as Carcará Norte, is located in the area of the Carcará Discovery Evaluation Plan (PAD), 4.6 km north of the discovery well (4-SPS-86B), in water depth of 2,070 meters and reached final depth of 6,338 meters, inside basaltic rocks.

Petrobras confirms deep water oil find in Potiguar Basin's Pitu area Nov 19, 2015
An extension well has confirmed the presence of oil in the Pitu area. The discovery of this accumulation in the deep waters of the Potiguar Basin was first announced on December 17, 2013. The new well (3-BRSA-1317-RNS), known informally as Pitu North 1, is the first extension well drilled as part of the Pitu Discovery Evaluation Plan and is located 60 km off the Rio Grande do Norte state coast at a water depth of 1,844 m and with a final well depth of 4,200 m

Petrobras: Pre-salt output tops the 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day Oct 21, 2015
Production of oil and natural gas from facilities operated by Petrobras in the pre-salt layer exceeded 1 million boed during September, with output

Petrobras confirms Libra field potential in the Santos Basin pre-salt Oct 16, 2015
The consortium responsible for the Libra oilfield in the Santos Basin pre-salt has completed the drilling of well 3-BRSA-1310-RJS, located in the central area

Petrobras' pre-salt drilling confirms high quality oil potential in Carcará Oct 5, 2015
The drilling of the third well in the Carcará area (Block BM-S-8) in the Santos Basin's ultra-deep waters has confirmed the light oil potential of pre-salt reservoirs.

Petrobras releases statement regarding rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's Sep 15, 2015
Regarding Standard & Poor's announcement of its new rating on Thursday (September 10), Petrobras reiterates that the medium-term fundability

Petrobras set two new production records in the pre-salt in May Jun 19, 2015
Petrobras' pre-salt production in May set two new monthly output records. Production handled by the company, including both Petrobras and partner production,

Petrobras signs a US$5 billion funding agreement with China Development Bank May 22, 2015
On May 19, Petrobras signed a cooperation agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB) for the years 2015 and 2016.

Petrobras makes another pre-salt oil production record May 18, 2015
Petrobras has announced that on April 11, 2015, oil production in the fields it operates in the pre-salt province of the Santos and Campos basins

Petrobras Director Solange Guedes presents pre-salt results and prospects in talk at 2015 OTC May 7, 2015
Petrobras’ Exploration and Production Director, Solange Guedes, presented an overview of pre-salt in her talk entitled “Pre-Salt: What Has Been Done

Petrobras receives OTC’s highest award and stresses importance of partnerships in pre-salt May 5, 2015
On May 3, Petrobras’ Exploration and Production Director, Solange Guedes, received the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Companies, Organizations and Institutions, the highest recognition that an oil company can be given as an offshore operator. The awards ceremony took place during a dinner in Houston, USA, at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the world’s largest event dedicated to the area of offshore oil exploration and production.

Petrobras makes new Amazon Basin discovery Apr 21, 2015
Petrobras has discovered a new oil and gas accumulation in the Amazon Basin, Block AM-T-84. The discovery was made while drilling well 1-BRSA-1293-AM (ANP nomenclature), informally known as Jusante do Anebá. Well drilling reached the total depth of 2,040 meters.Preliminary well tests have confirmed the presence of light oil (API 47°) and gas in arenaceous reservoirs, extending from 1,350 meters to 1,900 meters deep.

Petrobras finds oil and gas in Amazon and Espirito Santos Basins Apr 20, 2015
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) reported the discovery of a new oil and gas accumulation in the Amazon Basin, Block AM-T-84 in Brazil. The discovery was

Petrobras to dispose of assets in Argentina Apr 3, 2015
Petrobras says that the Board of Directors of Petrobras Argentina (PESA) has approved to dispose of all of its assets located in the Austral Basin, in the Santa Cruz province, for US$ 101 million to Compañia General de Combustibles S.A. (CGC). The PESA assets that are part of the deal include 26 onshore exploration production concessions, with an average production of 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, as well as the entire infrastructure required for distribution, treatment and storage.

Petrobras confirms presence of hydrocarbons at C1 well in Santos Basin Mar 26, 2015
Petrobras says that the Libra consortium has completed the drilling of the extension well 3-BRSA-1267-RJS/3-BRSA-1267A-RJS (3-RJS-735/735A)