Brazil’s oil auction raises $2 billion as Total, Shell pile in

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – France’s TotalEnergies, Royal Dutch Shell, Malaysia’s Petronas and Qatar Energy on Friday scooped up big offshore fields in Brazil together with state-owned Petrobras, paying nearly $2 billion to its cash-strapped government. While TotalEnergies (28%), Qatar Energy (21%) and Petronas (21%) made the top offer for Sepia field, Petrobras, formally Petroleo Brasileiro SA, later entered the consortium by exercising preference rights to take a 30% stake. Petrobras (52.5%), Shell (25%) and Total (22.5%) secured the nearby Atapu field.