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BEHIND THE NEWS: Why Coelho Filho Decided To Continue as Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy

Redação May 24, 2017

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Fernando Coelho Filho, decided to remain in Michel Temer’s administration, even after the PSB, his political party, decided to withdraw from the coalition and demand the resignation of the…

BRAZIL’S POLITICAL CRISIS: International press roundup

Redação May 22, 2017

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Brazilians around the country staged demonstrations Sunday calling for their president to step down after the supreme court opened an investigation into allegations he endorsed the payment of hush money to a jailed…

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ROUNDUP: Brazilian political crisis

Redação May 19, 2017

The swirling, tumultuous events of this week involving Pres. Temer and prominent lawmakers in corruption charges that are threatening the downfall of his government have been widely and prominently covered in the mainstream international…

14th Bid Round To Be Stricter

Redação Oct 17, 2016

The selection of the offshore areas under study for the National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP) 14th Bid Round scheduled for 2017 is stricter than that offered in the previous round, avoiding areas in the new frontier – offshore…

ANP Analyzes Waiver for Libra FPSO

Redação Sep 9, 2016

Experts from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) have already begun working on a request by the Libra consortium for a waiver of the local content requirements for the FPSO for the field being put out to tender. The vessel will be…

PetroRio To Drill Two New Wells In Polvo

Redação Aug 12, 2016

PetroRio expects to drill up to two new wells in the Polvo field in the Campos Basin. The information was disclosed by Renato Jerusalmi, the oil company’s finance department manager during a conference call with investors today…

Operation License Requested

Redação Jun 2, 2016

Petrobras has requested an Operating License (OL) for the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba. The vessel will be responsible for production in the Lapa field in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, with start-up scheduled for the second half of…

Cidade de Ilhabela Hits Capacity Peak

Redação May 5, 2016

The FSPO Cidade de Ilhabela, installed in the northern part of the Sapinhoá field in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached peak capacity production in April, helping the area to hit an average production of 270,000 boepd. The…

Petrobras Charters Prosafe Flotel

Redação Aug 14, 2015

TheFloatel Safe Euros being buit in ChinaProsafe signed a US$ 164 million contract with Petrobras for a three-year charter of the Safe Eurus flotel, classified by the oil company as Maintenance and Security Unit (UMS). The…

From Water To Wind

Redação Dec 8, 2014

The country with enormously powerful hydroelectric power plants such as Itaipu (14,000 MW) and Tucuruí (8,370 MW) is now facing a totally unforeseen enemy: lack of water. After months of drought, the levels in the reservoirs worry…

Hotlines

Redação Dec 8, 2014

Ibama Ok’s FPSO Ilhabela Brazil’s environmental regulator, Ibama, has issued an operations license to Petrobras for the FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela, which has been cleared to begin production immediately in the Sapinhoá…

Hotlines

Redação Dec 8, 2014

The Most Productive Wind Farms With capacity factors ranging from 67% to 81%, in September the ten most productive wind farms were all located in Ceará state. The highest factor was recorded for Tractebel’s Trairí…

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Jan 27, 2020 - The Associated Press India and Brazil agreed Saturday to boost trade and investment across a range of fields such as defense, mining, biofuel, cybersecurity, food, the environment and health. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Brazil as “a valuable partner” as he and visiting President Jair Bolsonaro witnessed the signing of 15 agreements by their officials in the Indian capital.The main items Brazil exports to India are petroleum products, mainly crude oil, cane sugar, copper ore, soy oil and gold.

India and Brazil agreed Saturday to boost trade and investment across a range of fields such as defense, mining, biofuel, cybersecurity, food, the environment and health. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Brazil as “a valuable partner” as he and visiting President Jair Bolsonaro witnessed the signing of 15 agreements by their officials in the Indian capital.The main items Brazil exports to India are petroleum products, mainly crude oil, cane sugar, copper ore, soy oil and gold.

Jan 27, 2020 - Hindustan Times

Brazil Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias analysis: Cooperation in the area of ethanol production is certainly a topic of much interest to all, and I see a great opportunity for partnership between India and Brazil. Brazil has developed a wide and successful biofuels program, which uses crops as raw materials for the generation of clean and renewable energy. Brazil and India have been growing sugarcane for centuries, and both countries recognise the major socio-economic importance of this crop. However, with regard to ethanol, there is a great disparity between us: While Brazil is the world’s second biggest producer, with over 30 billion litres per annum, India produced only 1.5 billion litres in 2018.

Jan 27, 2020 - Renewables Now

Brazil's EDP Solucoes em Energia has received the installation licence for a R$ 10-million (US$ 2.4m) biomass project to be built at a Heineken NV factory in Rio Grande do Sul state. With the licence granted by the State Environmental Protection Agency (Fepam), the subsidiary of EDP Brasil can break ground on the project. The project concerns a steam biomass plant at Heineken's Igrejinha municipality unit. With the new facility, the brewery intends to shift to a fully renewable energy matrix, making the production process more sustainable, the local government pointed out.

Jan 27, 2020 - Lexology

The Brazilian government raised approximately US$ 14.8 billion in 2019 and is looking to raise an additional US$ 36 billion through privatizations in 2020. According to Salim Mattar, Special Secretary of Privatization, Divestments, and Markets at Brazil’s Ministry of Economy, the federal government is planning to dispose over 300 assets using an accelerated approval process. The Brazilian government intends to grant concessions or sell equity stakes in a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, airports, roads and railroads, terminal ports, mining, sanitation, postal services, and financial institutions, among others.