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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-002153
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001119639
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15106
		FILM NUMBER:		24972662

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA REPUBLICA DO CHILE 65
		CITY:			RIO DE JANERIO RJ BR
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			20035-900
		BUSINESS PHONE:		55-21-534-4477

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA REPUBLICA DO CHILE 65
		CITY:			RIO DE JANERIO RJ BR
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			20035-900

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BRAZILIAN PETROLEUM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000717
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Washington, D.C.
20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Report of Foreign Private
Issuer<BR>
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Securities Exchange
Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>For the month of
May, 2024</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Commission File Number
1-15106</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>PETR&Oacute;LEO BRASILEIRO
S.A. &ndash; PETROBRAS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Brazilian Petroleum
Corporation &ndash; PETROBRAS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">(Translation of Registrant's
name into English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Avenida Henrique Valadares, 28 &ndash; 19th floor&nbsp;<BR>
20231-030 &ndash; Rio de Janeiro, RJ<BR>
Federative Republic of Brazil</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">(Address of principal
executive office)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Form 20-F ___X___ Form
40-F _______</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Yes _______ No___X____</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 11pt/107% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">&nbsp;<IMG SRC="pbr202405226k_001.jpg" ALT=""></P>

<P STYLE="font: 20pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans"><B><I>Petrobras on gas
cessation at CADE</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #FFBD15; font: 20pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans"><B>&mdash;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #FFBD15; font: 20pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">Rio de Janeiro, May 22,
2024 - Petr&oacute;leo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Fact disclosed on May 20, 2024, informs that the Administrative
Council for Economic Defense (CADE) decided in favor of renegotiating the Term of Cessation Commitment (TCC) for Gas, signed on July
8, 2019 (&quot;TCC Gas&quot;), which was also approved today by the Company's Board of Directors.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">In summary, through TCC
Gas, Petrobras singed a commitment with CADE to sell, by means of a competitive process governed by Petrobras&rsquo; Asset and Company
Divestment System, its entire equity stake in companies Nova Transportadora do Sudeste S/A- NTS, Transportadora Associada de G&aacute;s
S.A. - TAG, Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolivia-Brasil S.A - TBG, as well as its indirect equity stake in Petrobras G&aacute;s
S.A. - GASPETRO.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">Petrobras had been complying
with the commitments agreed in TCC Gas, which was only pending the sale of company TBG, a divestment that faced obstacles during its
execution.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">According to the Material
Fact disclosed on March 29, 2023, upon receipt of Official Letters 166/2023/GM-MME, 257/2023/GM-MME and 261/2023/GM-MME from the Ministry
of Mines and Energy, the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors understood that need to assess the Ministry's requests to review if the investments
and divestments processes should be carried out based on the Company's new Strategic Plan proposed by the newly elected Executive Board.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">Since the signing of TCC
Gas, no significant economic, legal and regulatory changes have occurred in the domestic natural gas market to justify the need for Petrobras
to re-assess the business model of the projects to be divested in the Natural Gas segment.&#8239;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">The New Gas Law, which
came into effect after the TCC was signed, exempts companies that were already vertically integrated prior to its enactment, which applies
to TBG, from the obligation to de-verticalize, so long as these companies comply with the independence and autonomy requirements to be
regulated by the ANP.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Petrobras Sans">Therefore, considering
the de-verticalization of TBG is not required to meet the objectives of TCC Gas, and its divestment would not be aligned with the 2024-28+
Strategic Plan, the Company negotiated behavioral obligations that ensure TBG&rsquo;s operational independence thus eliminating any concerns
regarding the preservation of competitiveness in the Brazilian natural gas market.</FONT></P>




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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The amendment results from extensive debates between the technical
areas of both Petrobras and CADE and culminated in the cessation of the obligation to sell TBG, within the scope of the TCC, and established
new commitments, summarized as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;additional safeguards
to the election process for independent members to TBG&rsquo;s Board of Directors. When selecting these independent board members, Petrobras
must be advised by an independent headhunter, who must provide a triple list of candidates that comply with the independence requirements
established in TCC Gas, through which the new members for TBG&rsquo;s Board of Directors shall be appointed. If Petrobras fails to comply
with the terms when electing any independent board member, CADE is entitled to apply a fine to Petrobras (R$150,000) and revoke the appointment
of said member and reinitiate the process.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">2. relevant independence (<I>de facto</I>) of TBG's Commercial Board
in relation to Petrobras, removing any possible influence by Petrobras as its majority shareholder. To achieve this, Petrobras undertakes
that, during the period in which TCC Gas is valid, it will not assign any employee from Petrobras or its wholly owned subsidiaries to
join TBG&rsquo;s Commercial Department.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In view of the above, the Executive Board of Petrobras removed TBG
from the divestment portfolio. The validity of the terms agreed in the Addendum to TCC Gas coincides with the independence certificate
issued for TBG, or until March 4, 2039, the deadline established in article 5, paragraph 4, of the New Gas Law, which set this deadline
as the limit for the de-verticalization of transport companies.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&#8239;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The amendment reflects Petrobras&rsquo; respect for the antitrust
authority and the agreements signed, thus preserving the country's business environment.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Petrobras Sans; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Any facts deemed relevant to this matter will be timely disclosed
to the market.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/12pt Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; color: #3366CC"><B>www.petrobras.com.br/ri</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/115% Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #A6A6A6">For more information:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/115% Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #A6A6A6"><B>PETR&Oacute;LEO BRASILEIRO S.A. &ndash; PETROBRAS
| Investor Relations</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/115% Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #A6A6A6">e-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br/acionistas@petrobras.com.br</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/115% Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #A6A6A6">Av. Henrique Valadares, 28 &ndash; 9<SUP>o</SUP> andar
&ndash; 20231-030 &ndash; Rio de Janeiro, RJ.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 7.5pt/115% Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; color: #A6A6A6">Phone: 55 (21) 3224-1510/9947 | 0800-282-1540</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 7pt/115% Petrobras Sans,sans-serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #A6A6A6">This document may contain forecasts
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Trading
Act of 1934, as amended (Trading Act), that reflect the expectations of the Company's management. The terms: &quot;anticipates&quot;,
&quot;believes&quot;, &quot;expects&quot;, &quot;predicts&quot;, &quot;intends&quot;, &quot;plans&quot;, &quot;projects&quot;, &quot;aims&quot;,
&quot;should,&quot; and similar terms, aim to identify such forecasts, which evidently involve risks or uncertainties, predicted or not
by the Company. Therefore, future results of the Company's operations may differ from current expectations, and the reader should not
rely solely on the information included herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Date:&nbsp;May 22, 2024</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>PETR&Oacute;LEO BRASILEIRO S.A&ndash;PETROBRAS<BR>
<BR>
</B>By: /s/&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="color: #222222; background-color: white">Sergio Caetano Leite</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">______________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #222222"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Sergio Caetano Leite</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations
Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12.65pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt">&nbsp;</P>

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