In Flagrant! Oil Tanker Detained at Farol Helipad in Campos After Attempting to Board with Drugs for an Oil Platform

The Arrest Was Made on the Morning of This Friday, 21, After the Man Passed Through the Standard Scanner of the Heliport to Go to an Oil Platform. The Oilman Was Sent to the 134th DP/Centro, Where the Case Was Registered

An oilman from a subcontracted company of Petrobras was arrested in flagrant by security at the Heliport of Farol de São Thomé, in Campos dos Goytacazes, on the morning of this Friday, 21, after attempting to board with marijuana to a oil platform.

The drug was found in flagrant when the man passed through the standard scanner at the Heliport, and the exact quantity of the material was not disclosed by the police. The security called the Military Police, and the man, who is a resident of Macaé, was sent to the 134th police station in the Center.

More About Oil Platform: Investment in the Oil Market: 3R Petroleum Hires BTG Pactual to Raise US$ 500 Million and Acquire Polo Potiguar in Rio Grande do Norte

Investments in new acquisitions for oil and natural gas exploration and production in Brazil continue to happen at all times. The company 3R Petroleum announced last Thursday (10/20) that it signed a contract with BTG Pactual for the issuance of debentures and the raising of US$ 500 million. The amount will be invested in acquiring the Polo Potiguar, a new oil platform, an important national fuel exploration asset that boosts the oil company’s operations.

The oil and natural gas company 3R Petroleum is increasingly invested in acquiring new assets in the national market and expanding its presence in the country. Now, it announced a partnership with BTG Pactual for the issuance of debentures, aiming for a multimillion-dollar raise for the acquisition of Polo Potiguar.

This amount will join another US$ 500 million raised by the oil company in August through a financing led by Stanley Senior Funding. With US$ 1 billion in its account, 3R Petroleum will be able to acquire Petrobras’s oil platform located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Acquisition of Polo Potiguar Will Be Essential for the Company’s Future Growth Plan in the National Oil Market

The financial director of 3R Petroleum, Rodrigo Pizarro, commented in a statement about some details of the agreement, reinforcing the feasibility of the commitment with BTG Pactual. 

He said: “In terms of remuneration, the debentures will be monetarily updated by the variation factor of the closing exchange rate of the US dollar, and, from the disbursement, interest corresponding to the reference rate SOFR plus 7.5% per year. The other conditions of the debentures are described in the Commitment Term.”

Just in the last year, the Polo Potiguar recorded an average production total of 18.0 thousand barrels of oil per day, in addition to having 229.3 million barrels of oil equivalent in proved probable reserves (2P), of which 169.7 million barrels (or 74%) are proved reserves (1P).