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Crisis? What Crisis?

Claudia Siqueira Feb 2, 2012

The economic crisis that is afflicting the European Union once again is frightening Brazilian industrial exporters, the way it did during the global recession of 2008/09. Yet natural gas sales in the country continue to rise without…

On The Cutting Edge

Redação Feb 2, 2012

After more than 20 years in Brazil, the Ship Power Division of the Finnish company Wärtsilä finished 2011 with a contract that could represent a benchmark for its activities in Brazil. The agreement calls for the development of…

Fresh Paint

Redação Feb 2, 2012

With more than 100 projects underway, ranging from the construction of new refineries to the modernization of current refineries, the Supply Area of Petrobras will start 2012 with a number of reasons for celebration. A record number of…

Easier Credit

Redação Feb 1, 2012

Even though they are acting through independent agreements among themselves, the associated companies of the four Petro Networks in the state of Rio de Janeiro have obtained significant results in recent years —beginning…

Catalogued Companies

Redação Feb 1, 2012

In addition to the Petro Networks, there are other initiatives in Brazil that bring together suppliers in the oil and gas industry to promote business, encourage partnerships and bring new companies into the productive chain…

R&D Attracts US$ 221 MM

Redação Feb 1, 2012

Eighteen companies will invest R$ 395 million (US$ 221 MM) over the next three years in solar power R&D in Brazil. The projects total 25 MWp of power and were approved in the strategic program “Technical and…

New Rules Coming

Redação Feb 1, 2012

Aneel has postponed — from December last year until February of this year — the regulations for the incentives for distributed solar energy micro-generation (less than 100 kW) and mini-generation…

Solar Policy

Redação Feb 1, 2012

Members of the government are signaling that the public policy option for the solar energy industry in Brazil will be for distributed generation. Subsidies are practically discarded and the auctions may be very expensive,…

Now A Field

Redação Feb 1, 2012

The prospect formerly known as Guará is now called Sapinhoá. With an estimated recoverable volume of oil of 2.1 billion boe, Petrobras declared the area commercially viable at the end of 2011, and it is…

Cleaner Fuels

Redação Feb 1, 2012

The units that are being inaugurated in Brazil’s refineries in 2011 and forecast for 2012 are part of an investment cycle begun in 2004 to improve the quality of fuels sold in Brazil.The investments were a response…

Hotline

Redação Feb 1, 2012

US$ 1.7 B For 4 FPSOs The Odebrecht/ UTC/OAS consortium offered the low bid in the Petrobras competition for the conversion of the hulls for the first four FPSOs for the onerous assignment areas. The project will be carried out in the…

Sapinhoá’s Turn

Redação Feb 1, 2012

Now that the Sapinhoá field has started operations, Petrobras will begin a new chapter in the Santos cluster. Beginning in December, the oil company will start operations of the first permanent system in the field and guarantee…

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From the Media

Apr 03, 2020 - Argus

A pause in Brazilian diesel import negotiations is likely to extend into April as domestic demand wanes and the market braces for a wave of shipments contracted before coronavirus-related movement restrictions were put in place. Brazil's state governments adopted more restrictive social isolation measures in mid-March, a move that signaled caution for the refined products sector. Many fuel distributors halted imports as they monitor the degree to which the outbreak will sap domestic diesel and gasoline demand. As of 1 April, 23 ships were scheduled to deliver around 1.1bn l of diesel by the end of the month, slightly higher than the 1bn l mark forecasted for March delivery, according to oil analytics firm Vortexa. There are currently no additional Brazil-bound import vessels scheduled for departure in April and May.

Apr 03, 2020 - BNamericas

Latin America’s energy sector is in the middle of a tectonic shift with wide-ranging potential consequences for the region’s economies. This was the key takeaway from an online conference organized by the Inter-American Dialogue. Experts discussed the perfect storm of health crisis and low oil prices, and possible effects on some the most exposed economies. Brazil, Colombia and especially Venezuela, for example, depend on oil revenue but calculated with prices way above current levels of US$20-30/b. The drop is a consequence of a rift between OPEC+’s two biggest producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, pushing prices below the break-even point of promising basins such as Brazil’s pre-salt and Argentina’s Vaca Muerta, Inter-American Dialogue program director Lisa Viscidi said.

Apr 03, 2020 - Reuters

Brazil's manufacturing sector shrank in March at the fastest pace in more than three years, according to a survey of purchasing managers' activity on Wednesday, as the hit to activity from the coronavirus outbreak began to be felt. The IHS Markit Brazil manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 48.4, down from 52.3 the month before and signaling the first contraction in activity since last July.A reading above 50.0 marks expansion in the sector, while a reading below signifies contraction.

Apr 03, 2020 - Agencia Brasil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced this week that the aid to workers and businesses as well as states and municipalities to tackle the new coronavirus crisis adds up to roughly 2.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. The president was joined by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, who stated this aid will cost US$ 18.7 billion to public coffers and should benefit 54 million Brazilians. Other measures, the minister went on to mention, are aimed at helping businesses preserve employment.