Petrobras reported that the fire at the Rio de Janeiro refinery had no victims and the other Reduc units continue to operate normally.

Petrobras informed that by paralyzing the affected installation, due to a fire registered yesterday (15) in one of the distillation units at the Duque de Caxias refinery (Reduc), the refining plant will temporarily operate with only half of its oil processing capacity.

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Petrobras reported that teams from the Duque de Caxias Refinery (Reduc) brigade controlled and extinguished the fire. The fire at the Rio de Janeiro refinery had no victims and the other Reduc units continue to operate normally.

The occurrence was caused by a leak in equipment that pumps fuel oil.

The affected unit was stopped safely, following operating procedures. Technical teams monitor the area and the causes of the occurrence will be analyzed.

Petrobras does not yet know when the refinery will resume its normal operation. "The refinery will operate with reduced load until the unit returns to operation".

According to Petrobras, there will be no impact on market service, since Reduc has products stored for delivery.

Reduc is one of the larger of Brazil in installed oil refining capacity, with about 239 thousand barrels per day, being able to produce diesel oil, gasoline, aviation kerosene (QAV), asphalt, among others, according to information on the state-owned company's website.

Petrobras signs contract for the charter of two AHTS vessels from the Norwegian Solstad Offshore

Petrobras closed an agreement with the global company Solstad for the charter of two AHTS ships, Far Sagaris and Far Statesman. The announcement was made this Tuesday (16) by the Norwegian multinational that provides maritime and offshore services.

The contract will be for a period of 3 years to provide maritime support for Petrobras' exploration and production activities in Brazilian offshore waters.

Both vessels will sail under the Brazilian REB flag and will be equipped with work class ROVs for operations in water depths of 3.000m.

The start of the contract is expected to take place in September this year and the value of the contract, excluding the ROVs, exceeds an amount of MNOK 800 (Norwegian Krone).

Petrobras had already closed an agreement to charter of the ship CSV Far Saga, from Solstad, last month, which is also valid for 3 years and is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2020.