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Oil & Gas

Petrobras Launches Initiatives for Refining and Natural Gas

analuisaegues Sep 22, 2020

Biorefino 2030 and Gas+ aim to prepare the company for activities in a competitive and dynamic market

Fuels

Cade Recommends Condemnation of QAV Distributors

analuisaegues Sep 15, 2020

Council affirms that there were artificial barriers imposed by new players at Guarulhos Airport

Fuels

BEHIND THE NEWS: Brazil Approves Temporary Ethanol Tariff Waiver with U.S.

[email protected] Sep 14, 2020

Decides to resume talks regarding controversial “arrangements” that could also boost exports of Brazilian sugar

Fuels

Iowa Ethanol Association Denounces Brazil’s Import Policy

[email protected] Sep 4, 2020

Calls for equalization of tariffs by the U.S.

Fuels

Brazil Could Create Temporary Ethanol Import Quota

[email protected] Sep 1, 2020

The issue is a thorny problem between erstwhile allies Donald Trump’s and Jair Bolsonaro’s governments

Fuels

New Gasoline Reduces Importers’ Competitiveness

Bruno Postiga Aug 24, 2020

Fuel with ANP-modified specs has higher cost abroad and fierce price competition in the domestic market

Fuels

IBP and BR Support of Biodiesel Reduction in Diesel Fuel

analuisaegues Aug 19, 2020

Temporary measure proposed by the government aims to guarantee fuel supply in the market

Fuels

AvGas: Chemical Changes May Have Caused Leaks

analuisaegues Aug 18, 2020

Preliminary ANP assessment shows that low aromatics content reduced specific mass in most samples

Oil & Gas

GasBrasiliano Connects Gas Network to Sugar and Ethanol Plant

Lívia Neves Aug 13, 2020

The Santa Cruz mill already supplies trucks with natural gas coming directly through the distribution network

Fuels

Petrobras: AvGas Lot Not Adulterated

analuisaegues Aug 13, 2020

Company says aircraft are prepared to fly with zero content of aromatics in fuel

Oil & Gas

Thousands of Aircraft at Risk From Adulterated AvGas

analuisaegues Aug 5, 2020

The Federal Attorney for the State of São Paulo requested the implementation of measures by the ANP

Fuels

GranBio and NextChem in Partnership for Cellulosic Ethanol

Lívia Neves Aug 4, 2020

Technology developed by GranBio for second generation ethanol and tested in Alagoas will be licensed for an engineering company

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From the Media

Sep 25, 2020 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

President Donald Trump, looking to shore up support in the U.S. farm belt during a tight race for reelection, is taking steps to help producers of corn-based ethanol, using a list of policy goals that a group of Midwest senators discussed with him a year ago. They included ratcheting down the EPA’s biofuel waiver program exempting refineries from adding ethanol to their gasoline; setting higher biofuel blending volume requirements for 2020; expanding the market for higher ethanol blends of gasoline called E15; exploring a national biofuels infrastructure program; and addressing ethanol and biodiesel trade issues, particularly with Brazil, according to the memo — the details of which have not previously been published.

Sep 25, 2020 - Jamaica Observer

This year was supposed to bring great things for Guyana. ExxonMobil discovered massive oil deposits off the South American country's Caribbean coast in 2015, and Guyana sold its first cargo of crude oil this February. As production ramps up, its first stage offshore wells were projected to produce 750,000 b/d by 2025, tripling the size of Guyana's economy, from US$ 3.4 billion to US$ 13 billion. But Guyana's dreams of fabulous wealth this year have been dashed by COVID-19, which has delayed production and slashed oil demand. Compounding its coronavirus troubles, Guyana shows warning signs of the so-called “resource curse,” in which a country's new oil wealth crowds out other productive economic sectors, breeds corruption and triggers political conflict.

Sep 25, 2020 - Shipping Watch and Reuters

Trøim's latest IPO hits problems as CEO is accused of corruption.The CEO of Hygo Energy Transition, part of Tor Olav Trøim's Golar LNG, finds itself tangled in a new corruption case in Brazil. Hygo is headed for an IPO in New York, but these plans are now on hold, report media. Debut trading in Hygo Energy Transition Ltd was suspended on Thursday hours after the liquefied natural gas transport and infrastructure operator’s chief executive was named in a corruption investigation in Brazil. Hygo is headed by Eduardo Antonello, a former executive of offshore oil rig company Seadrill Ltd who Brazilian federal prosecutors accused of bribery in court filings outlining a new phase of the massive Car Wash graft probe.

Sep 25, 2020 - The Star

Sapura Energy Bhd has denied allegations of any involvement in bribery with regard to Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras’ contracts, as the Malaysian company faces another corruption probe in Brazil, its second one in that country. The contracts involve Sapura Energy and Seadrill. “Sapura Energy and its group of companies strongly refute any involvement in any form of bribery or corruption in its business dealings in Brazil and anywhere else in the world, ” the company said in a statement. Sapura Energy also noted that it had in the past cooperated and would continue to cooperate with any investigation or regulatory authority in relation to bribery and corruption allegations.