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Temer Signs TLP Law

Redação Sep 25, 2017

President Michel Temer signed Law No. 13.483, which sets the Long Term Rate (TLP) used as a reference rate for the cost of funding and for contracts signed by Brazil's National Development Bank (BNDES), including those for the…

CORRECTION: Geochemicals Story, May 8

Redação May 11, 2017

In a story on the Brasil Energy website and Newsletter on May 8 about an ANP authorization on behalf of Geochemical Solutions, the headline (“Geochemical Solutions To Conduct More Studies of Sete Bacias”) is incorrect. The…

Equipment Export Increase

Redação Feb 26, 2015

Exports of machinery and equipment for the oil and renewable energy sectors increased by about 70% in January, compared to December 2014. The growth was driven by sales of equipment such as cast iron pipes and materials such as steel for…

Industry Rejects Nomination

Redação Feb 6, 2015

Bendine does not help restore the credibility of the oil company with the market because he is ranked with government The choice of the current president of Banco do Brasil, Aldemir Bendine, to become president of…

Changes Affect 36 Departments

Redação Feb 5, 2015

It is possible that one of the five technical directors at the oil company will emerge from the group of executive managers The resignation of the president of Petrobras, Graças Foster, and directors…

Eyes On BR Distribuidora

Redação Feb 5, 2015

The Regional Federal Prosecutor, Carlos Fernando Lima, said today (February 5) at a press conference in Curitiba, that the ninth phase of the Lava Jato operation was unleashed based on information obtained from plea bargaining (sworn…

Foster Exit Pleases Market

Redação Feb 4, 2015

On tuesday, preferred shares of Petrobras closed up 15.47% while common shares rose 14.24% on BM&FBovespa (pictured) Economist Roberto Teixeira da Costa who, in the 1970s, served as the first president of the…

US$ 3 B In Brazil

Redação Feb 4, 2015

Thanks to Cidade de Mangaratiba, Cidade de Ilhabela (pictured) FPSOs, company production reached 103,000 boepd in 4Q14 This year, BG will increase its investments in Brazil to almost US$ 3 billion, as it reduces…

Brazil Is Less Attractive

Redação Feb 3, 2015

Among Brazilian respondents, 37% said that cost management will be the main priority in 2015. Brazil fell from second to fourth place in the ranking of the best destinations for investment in oil and gas published…

Petrobras Rating Reduced

Redação Jan 30, 2015

Agency will continue monitoring the investigations and the company's progress of its audited financial statements Moody's risk classification agency has maintained Petrobras as investment grade. But the…

Little 13th Round Interest

Redação Jan 30, 2015

Graça Foster said during a conference call with analysts that the strategy is to reduce investment in exploration to a minimum Petrobras will make a cameo appearance in the 13th Round of Bids organized by…

No Growth In 2015

Redação Jan 29, 2015

Petrobras has set a target for this year to produce an average of 2.126 million barrels/day. Despite being 4.5% higher than the 2.034 million b/d average obtained in 2014, this represents a drop in the production volume figure the…

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Jun 18, 2018 - The National Law Review

On June 5, 2018, Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) set a target to reduce fuel emissions ten percent by 2028. These targets are part of the RenovaBio law, passed in December 2017, that aims to meet Brazil’s commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement by increasing the share of ethanol and biodiesel in Brazil’s fuel mix and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Andre Rocha, president of the National Sugarcane/Ethanol Forum, a group of 16 state sugar/ethanol producers associations, told Bloomberg Environment the ten percent target “is not very ambitious, but is sufficient to encourage biofuel producers’ to expand output.”

Jun 18, 2018 - Mehr News Agency

The Brazilian government will spare no efforts to help Brazilian and Iranian firms develop relations after the U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, according to the Brazilian ambassador to Iran in an exclusive interview with the MNA. “Brazil has a well-developed industry in manufacturing equipment and engineering services in oil and gas sector. In Brazil, we have developed the oil production very fast. We have a good group of industries that can cooperate with Iran. Iran as well has made progress in oil and gas sector and it can cooperate with Brazil,” Brazil's Ambassador to Tehran Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos said.

Jun 18, 2018 - Reuters

China’s State Power Investment Corp is likely to deliver a bid for Brazil’s fourth-largest hydroelectric dam as soon as next month, two people with knowledge of the matter said.The sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the deal publicly, said that China’s State Power Investment Corp had been in talks with shareholders of the Santo Antonio plant last year, before breaking off negotiations to bid for another dam. Cemig and Odebrecht SA, the owners of the 3.6-gigawatt Santo Antonio dam in the state of Rondonia, are selling assets to pay down debt.

Jun 18, 2018 - Kallanish Energy

Norway oil major Equinor has completed a 25% stake acquisition in another offshore Brazilian field, increasing its production in the country by 150%, Kallanish Energy reports.The completion of the non-operated interest in the Roncador oilfield in the pre-salt Campos Basin was announced by both Equinor and Brazil’s state-run Petrobras last week. Equinor paid Petrobras some US$ 2 billion in cash, with up to US$ 550 million remaining in contingent payments related to investments in projects to increase recovery from the field.