Oil Workers Announce Nationwide Strike For Monday Dec. 15 The National Federation of Oil Workers rejected Petrobras’ proposal for the 2025-2026 collective bargaining agreement
Macapá Mayor Signs O&G Development Law The “Petro Macapá” Law follows a Technical Cooperation agreement with the municipality of Macaé (state of Rio de Janeiro), initiated in June this year, aimed at exchanging experiences and building public policy to support the development of the oil industry in the Amapá state capital
TBG Launches Extraordinary Gas-Transport Contract Offering Interested companies have until Monday Dec. 15 to complete registration, undergo qualification procedures and finalize the Master stage of the process
Justice Court Holds Fracking Public Hearing Government ministries and O&G agencies defend the technique, while environmental groups and prosecutors challenge it
TGS To Conduct 4D Survey In The Campos Basin Campaign is expected to take place in the second half of 2026 and last approximately 75 days
Firjan Pushes For Natural Gas To Be Included In Redata Incentives The State of Rio de Janeiro Industry Federation says natural gas is essential to ensuring reliable power generation when renewables aren’t sufficient
Petrobras Revises 3Q25 Dividend Distribution Structure The first installment will be paid entirely in the form of interest on equity, while the second will be split between JCP and cash dividends
Shell: Gato do Mato Development Slightly Ahead Of Schedule Shell Brasil President also briefed the forum on the project’s progress during PPSA’s Technical Forum
IBP Applauds Passage Of Bill Targeting Serial Tax Delinquents Legislation marks a major step toward curbing criminal schemes and unfair competition in Brazil’s fuel market
ExxonMobil Wants To Replicate Guyana Experience In Brazil “One of the aspects we are learning, and which is very important, is the rapid development of projects”
Refap Sets S-10 Diesel Production Record The Petrobras refinery reached 274.8 million liters in November, enough to fuel around 920,000 urban buses
PPSA: Production-Sharing Contracts At 2 M B/D In 2028 The federal firm forecasts the regime will generate potential revenue of roughly US$ 93.2 B from the sale of these volumes alone through 2035
Brazil’s ANP Signs Contracts With Winners of 5th Concession Round Contracts were signed for 33 offshore blocks awarded to Chevron, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Galp, Karoon, Petrobras, PetroChina and Shell. The onshore block PRC-T-121, awarded to Dillianz, will take place by Jan. 30, 2026
Celesc & Copel Still Reporting Outages After Cyclone Two utilities are keeping crews in the field as they work to restore power to nearly 70,000 affected customer accounts. Meanwhile, Enel São Paulo restored power to 1.2 M customers
Rio De Janeiro State Assembly Approves Policy For Offshore Energy Transition Bill 4,255/24, which establishes the State Policy to Support the Offshore Energy Transition and Marine Spatial Planning, will support national planning for the use of offshore areas for energy purposes
CPFL Energia Seeks Partners For R&D And Innovation Projects Startups, universities and research institutions can submit proposals through Feb. 27
Brazil’s Supreme Court Ratifies Axia-Government Agreement Government gains guaranteed seats on board and audit committee of the former Eletrobras state utility
Eve Air Mobility: BNDES Approves US$ 37.04 M For Flying Car Project With resources from the Climate Fund, the company will work on the integration phase of the electric motor and on testing the certification prototype of the eVTOL
BNDES Approves US$ 70.4 M For FS’s CO₂ Storage Project Company will build a facility to store about 423,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year underground
Study Confirms Belo Monte’s Low CO₂ Emissions PhD thesis concludes that emissions from the plant’s reservoir are even lower than the results of the institution’s first study
3 Atiaia Small Hydro Plants Earn REC Brazil Sustainability Seal With the new certifications, the company now has 8 generating plants holding both the REC Brazil and I-REC certifications
Aneel Discussing Rules For EV-To-Grid Charging Stations Public Consultation 42/25 will receive contributions starting Dec. 11
Electricity Sector Tax Burden Lower In 2024 Federal, state and municipal taxes and sectoral charges reached, last year, its lowest point since 2014, according to Instituto Acende Brasil and PwC
ArcelorMittal, Atlas Complete Solar Park in Minas Gerais It's ArcelorMittal’s first solar plant in Brazil
Brazil Could Increase Biogas & Biomethane Use By Up To 98% According to Abren, the country currently uses only 1.5% and 5.6% of its potential for biomethane and biogas, respectively
Forecasts Point to Improved Hydro Inflows by Late December Southeast/Center-West and North subsystems expected to register inflows above 80% of long-term averages
BNDES Consultation To Structure INB’s Uranium Production Expansion Initiative aims to boost uranium output, ensure supply for the Angra 1 and Angra 2 nuclear plants, and create conditions for exporting surplus
Utilities Ramp Up Virtualization Investments Technologies target engineering and operations, with spillover effects on commercial functions
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