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Switzerland has pressed charges against a person in a corruption probe of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras <PETR4.SA> and construction firm Odebrecht, the attorney general's office said, adding it was seeking to conclude the case quickly.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA posted a significant production boost in the third quarter, as heavy investments in its deepwater, pre-salt zone showed signs of paying off.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA produced 2.878 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the third quarter, it announced on Thursday, up 14.6% from the same period a year earlier.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Wednesday it has collected 200 tonnes of oil residue from the country's Northeastern coast since Sept. 12.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has signed letters of intent with Japan's Modec Inc and Malaysia's Yinson Holdings Bhd for charter contracts for massive offshore ships that help produce and store oil, known as FPSOs, the company said on Tuesday.

Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA <PETR4.SA> said on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Oslo-based Equinor ASA <EQNR.OL> focused on the joint development of natural gas business projects.

Roberto Castello Branco, the chief executive of Brazilian oil company Petrobras, called the oil spill hitting the country's northeastern coast "something extraordinary," ruling out a tanker cleaning operation as the possible cause due to the amount of crude collected.

State-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro has collected 133 tonnes of oil along Brazil's northeastern shoreline, Chief Executive Roberto Castello Branco said on Tuesday, in an unexplained mystery he said was worrying.

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said it has begun receiving non-binding offers for its refinery Regap in the state of Minas Gerais.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has failed to reach a new labor agreement with the company's main unions by a Sept. 30 deadline, Petrobras said on Tuesday.

Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA has signed an agreement to exit the natural gas distribution segment in Uruguay, the company said in a statement on Monday, without disclosing values.

A major refinery owned by Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras was already undergoing a scheduled stoppage when a fire broke out over the weekend, the company told Reuters on Monday, likely limiting the effects on production.

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said a fire broke out at its Revap refinery, in the city of Sao Jose dos Campos, on Sunday afternoon.

Brazil's Navy and state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA have concluded after investigating an oil spill along the northeastern coast of the country that it was not produced in Brazil.

Brazil's Petrobras has approved a new vision statement making explicit the firm's focus on oil and gas, the company said on Thursday, formalizing recent statements by executives that have played down the company's interest in renewables.

Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has launched a voluntary redundancy program, according to a securities filing on Thursday.

An oil production unit supporting the operations of Brazilian state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has been paralyzed since Sept. 19 due to regulatory issues, the operator, Modec, told Reuters on Monday.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has in the last five years battled an epic corruption probe, a crippling recession and unsteady crude prices.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has increased the average price of gasoline at refineries by 3.5% and the price of diesel by 4.2%, a company representative told Reuters.