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TCU Recommendation Led To Cancellation of Reserve Auction

Redação Feb 2, 2017

A recommendation by the Federal Audit Court (TCU) may have been the decisive factor in the decision of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) to cancel the most recent reserve auction, scheduled for last December. According to sources…

Ibama Oil Production Demands

Redação Oct 23, 2014

Petrobras is by far the company that received licenses for its activities, with 90 permits for offshore activities The oil and gas production activity is the largest segment in the sector requiring the licensing…

A Database Of Its Own

Redação Oct 21, 2014

According to the ANP's director, Brazil now has 38 sedimentary basins and the number of samples is very large The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) wants to create its own…

Access To Data

Redação Oct 20, 2014

The interpreted data is capaple to indicate the attractiveness of an area The National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) today (October 20) held a public hearing for presentation of the draft…

New Rules For Distribution

Redação Oct 17, 2014

The objective of the ANP is to increase the level of responsibility of the companies with regard to supply the market The National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) approved a new resolution…

New Environmental Accident Tool

Redação Oct 7, 2014

The system separates the registration of accidents involving oil spills and products deemed hazardous Federal environmental regulator Ibama has launched the National Environmental Emergencies System (Siema) tool, containing…

ANP Defines 13th Round Sectors

Redação Sep 30, 2014

The director general of the ANP, Magda Chambriard confirmed that the agency's idea is to offer areas in mature basins, shallow waters and new offshore frontiers, focusing on areas in Brazil's Margem Leste …

Equatorial Margin Discussion

Redação Sep 24, 2014

Ibama is talking to local communities affected by exploration of the Equatorial Margin ( iStock Photos ) Ibama has begun working to communicate with the communities that will be affected by the exploration of the…

Lower Import Taxes On Hybrid Cars

Redação Sep 22, 2014

The federal government last week announced a reduction in import taxes for hybrid vehicles that cannot be recharged by plugging into an electric socket. The lower tax rate will last until the end of 2015 and will range between 0% and 7%,…

In Rio, Indeed

Redação Sep 17, 2014

Amid concerns of from oil industry executives that the next edition of the biennial industry conference and trade show, Rio Oil & Gas 2016, would be held in São Paulo because of the Rio 2016 Olympics (as was reported yesterday…

Silence at CPMI

Redação Sep 17, 2014

Petrobras' former director of Supply, Paulo Roberto Costa, chose to remain silent on questions posed by Brazilian congressmen during a Joint Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPMI) on Petrobras, which was held today (September…

Marina Would Stay In Pre-Salt

Redação Sep 12, 2014

On Thursday (September 11), Brazilian presidential candidate, Marina Silva (Brazilian Socialist Party), said that, if elected, she would continue to develop the pre-salt and maintain the local content policy. Silva made her comments…

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Sep 25, 2018 - Reuters

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras said its oil and gas production in August totaled 2.47 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, attributing the 5.1 percent decline from the previous month to closures for maintenance. It added, in a securities filing, that its production within Brazil amounted to 2.35 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Sep 25, 2018 - Agencia Brasil – EBC

Venezuela is not only retaining, but will expand its supply of electric energy directed at the northern Brazilian state of Roraima. The statement was made by Venezuelan President Maduro during a meeting with Roraima Governor Suely Campos last week in Caracas, where Maduro also expressed his intention of implementing a plan to repatriate Venezuelans planning to return to the country. According to Campos’s advisers, Maduro pledged to order “the immediate maintenance of Linhão de Guri [the transmission line connecting the hydroelectric plant in Venezuela to Roraima].” The statement came amid news that Venezuela threatened to interrupt the energy supply sent to Roraima.

Sep 25, 2018 - Interfax

Novatek’s Yamal LNG plant has shipped its first cargo to the Brazilian market, the company said on Monday. The cargo was delivered to the Bahia terminal owned by Petrobras.“Our LNG marketing strategy aims to diversify our supply geography and customer base,” Novatek Chief Executive Leonid Mikhelson said. “This shipment represents our first LNG cargo produced by our own production to the Latin American market, and confirms the viability of our logistical model and [the] unique geographical location of the Yamal LNG.

Sep 25, 2018 - Argus

Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry proposed a price-based system to determine how quickly to increase the country's mandatory biodiesel blend from a current 10pc.The government plan, which was the subject of public hearings on 21 September, proposes increasing the blend by 1pc on 1 March 2019 if the biofuel is not cost-competitive with conventional diesel and by 2pc if the price of biodiesel is lower or if there is adequate supply. According to ministry calculations, the biodiesel price has been competitive with conventional diesel since 2014. If the proposal is approved by the national energy policy committee (CNPE), the blend will increase by a minimum of 1pc in March 2019.