PBR plans to enter South Africa's Deep Western Orange Basin, acquiring a 10% stake in a consortium led by TotalEnergies, enhancing its exploration portfolio.
Petrobras (PBR) closed the most recent trading day at $14.95, moving +1.15% from the previous trading session.
Petrobras (PBR) stock price has moved sideways in the past few months as traders focused on the ongoing oil and gas volatility. Its American ADRs were trading at $15 on Tuesday, down by over 10% from its highest point this year, meaning that it is in a correction.
PBR believes that collaborating with Staatsolie might result in the adoption of more sustainable oil and gas practices, making its operations more resilient to climate change.
Petrobras' new strategic plan to reportedly focus more on the core exploration & production business, with fixed allocations to low carbon M&A cut out. PBR should be able to repeat its highly successful offshore playbook in the Atlantic Margin and potentially Namibia, with geology in both comparable to the pre-salt, in our view. Political risks remain, yet with new management looking the most stable since the 2022 election and their commitment to the new plan, we see most recent concerns derisked.
Petrobras stock has outperformed its energy sector peers since early August, corroborating my bullish bias. PBR's solid profitability and robust dividend yields have likely mitigated concerns over increased political interference by the Lula administration.
In the latest trading session, Petrobras (PBR) closed at $14.56, marking a -1.95% move from the previous day.
The main focus of Brazil state-run oil firm Petrobras remains in its home country, its director of exploration and production said on Thursday, adding that Brazil was a priority even as it intends to expand into Africa.
PBR's contract with Constellation involves two ultra-deepwater drillships, Laguna Star and Tidal Action, expected to begin new contracts in third-quarter 2025.
Brazil's Petrobras is expected to seek the entire 40% stake of Namibia's Mopane oil and gas exploration block put up for sale by Portugal's Galp, a director at the state-run oil firm said on Monday.
TotalEnergies is in talks with Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras to jointly explore potential business opportunities outside Brazil, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Monday.
Petrobras is a highly profitable Brazilian energy firm with a significant EBITDA size. The firm is also growing its production and has attractive capital return potential. Petrobras generates a high amount of free cash flow and offers dividend investors a healthy ~13% yield. Trading at a forward P/E ratio of 4.4X, Petrobras is undervalued, even when considering government control and currency devaluation risks.