SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Singapore firms Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine said on Monday they had reached settlements with indebted Brazilian firm Sete Brasil over long-standing contracts to build drillships and rigs. Sete, which leased oil rigs to Brazil's state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), filed for bankruptcy protection in 2016 after being engulfed in a … [Read more...]
Sete Brasil Bankruptcy Seen as Blow to Petrobras, Shipbuilders
By Guillermo Parra-Bernal SAO PAULO, April 20 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Sete Brasil Participações SA voted on Wednesday to allow the ailing rig lessor to seek bankruptcy protection after efforts to secure a long-term contract with state-controlled oil producer Petróleo Brasileiro SA failed. Petrobras, as Sete Brasil's sole client is known, confirmed the decision through … [Read more...]
Sete Brasil Shareholders Approve Plan to File for Bankruptcy
By Francisco Marcelino (Bloomberg) -- Shareholders of oil-rig venture Sete Brasil Participacoes SA agreed to a plan to file for bankruptcy protection after its single client failed to present a viable book order. A Sete Brasil official confirmed Wednesday that investors are backing the plan and declined to elaborate. Shareholders had set that day as a deadline for … [Read more...]
Petrobras Sought Arbitration in Sete Brasil Talks, Sources Say
By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Aluísio Alves SAO PAULO, April 4 (Reuters) - State-controlled Petróleo Brasileiro SA unsuccesfully sought the appointment of arbiters to rework a long-term contract with debt-laden drilling rig leaser Sete Brasil Participações SA, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation. The proposal, made in recent weeks, called on each … [Read more...]
Sembcorp Marine: Sete Brasil Stiffing Us on Drillship Projects
SINGAPORE, July 29 (Reuters) - Singapore's Sembcorp Marine has not received payment from Sete Brasil on drillship projects this year and may slow down the projects if the situation persists, a company executive said on Wednesday. "Basically what has been ongoing, based on the delay, I think there may be some slow down," Tan Cheng Tat, Chief Financial Officer, said at an … [Read more...]