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46 Companies Register For Upcoming E&P Licensing Rounds

October 7 bidding sessions scheduled for exploration blocks have attracted 46 registrations for the 6th Permanent Concession Offer (OPC)—43 fully qualified and three with pending documentation—and 19 qualified registrations for the 4th Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP)

Karoon Resumes Baúna SPS-92 Well Production

Production restart lifted field output to 20,500 bpd; an additional 1,000–2,000 bpd could be added once the PRA-2 well returns to service

Court Order Delays Braskem’s US$ 520 M Debt

São Paulo bankruptcy court grants preliminary injunction providing temporary creditor protection after creditors rejected the petrochemical company's restructuring proposal

Atlas Lithium Gets Environmental License Expansion OK

Located in the Jequitinhonha Valley (state of Minas Gerais), the asset is the company’s main lithium project in Brazil

Gasmig Signs Minas Gerais Biomethane Production Contract

The project includes Uberaba production facility and R$ 1 Billion (US$ 192.68 Million) in infrastructure investment

ANP Designates 86 Additional Equatorial Margin Blocks For Future Licensing

Exploration acreage in the Foz do Amazonas, Pará-Maranhão, and Barreirinhas basins will not be included in the 6th Permanent Concession Offer (OPC) Cycle scheduled for later this year and will instead be evaluated for inclusion in future bidding rounds

ANP Approves 3rd-Party Access To LNG Terminals

The regulation establishes a framework for negotiated, non-discriminatory 3rd-party access to essential natural gas infrastructure—including LNG terminals, gas gathering pipelines, and natural gas processing facilities

Braskem Seeks Court Protection From Creditors

The petrochemical company and subsidiaries have initiated mediation proceedings through a private dispute resolution chamber while simultaneously filing a court request for emergency protection from creditors

Búzios Hits Record 1.1 Million Bpd Production

Output surpassed the previous October 2025 milestone of 1 million barrels per day

Petrobras To Resume UFN-III Fertilizer Plant Construction

The company is also evaluating the expansion of the UFN-III facility, as well as the Bahia and Sergipe fertilizer plants and ANSA

Petrobras Wants Boaventura To Become A Petrochemical Hub

CEO Magda Chambriard said she has the right to dream of creating a plastic-producing and plastic-consuming industrial cluster in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro

Cade Approves Saipem–Subsea7 Merger

Brazil’s antitrust authority concluded that the IRMD and SURF sectors will not experience excessive market concentration or reduced availability of specialized vessels

Ibama Seeks Further Revisions To Petrobras’ Equatorial Margin Wildlife Protection Plan

To amend Petrobras' drilling license in the Foz do Amazonas Basin to include additional wells is contingent upon further clarification regarding vessel logistics and wildlife management procedures.

Petrobras & Pemex Sign Partnership, May Operate Jointly In Africa

The Brazilian and Mexican oil company Presidents – Magda Chambriard and Juan Carlos Caprio – signed an MoU for cooperation in E&P and industrial processes, with potential expansion to other countries

BNDES & Petrobras To Partner On Critical Minerals

Agreement will enable information exchange and analysis of key gaps in production or technological capacity, aimed at attracting investments

ONS Conditions Battery Projects On Grid Charging Capacity

Criterion could reduce available capacity for the December 2026 LRCAP Auction projects

May’s Electricity Consumption Up 2.1%

The commercial sector led growth, according to the EPE, driven by expanded activity and temperature-related effects

ONS Curtails 20 GW Of Renewable Generation During Brazil Match

Measure avoided risks to system stability amid drop in electricity consumption during the Monday (June 29) match

Casa Dos Ventos To Supply Sabesp Renewable Energy

The long-term agreement with the São Paulo Basic Sanitation Company calls for the delivery of 126 average MW generated by the Rio Brilhante Solar Complex

Âmbar Invests US$ 12.5 M To Expand Biomethane Production

Investment will increase biomethane output by 14 million cubic meters at Friboi Plants in Campo Grande II (state of Mato Grosso do Sul) and Lins & Andradina (both in the state of São Paulo)

LED Lamps & Lightbulbs Regulation Published

Resolution could generate cumulative savings of between 283 and 432 TWh by 2040

Elea-Axia Partner To Build Belém AI Data Center

The Amazon region's first AI-focused data center will be powered entirely by renewable energy

WEG To Supply Motors For Largest USA Lithium Project

Contract covers the supply of approximately 600 electric motors for the entire Lithium Americas's Thacker Pass plant, located in northern Nevada

Electricity Regulator Concerned About National Grid During Upcoming Match

Aneel director says the country is approaching a point where excessive distributed generation could trigger a system collapse

Accounts Court Upholds 4 MEZ Transmission Lots In July Auction

The decision validates a negotiated agreement among the public agencies involved

Itaipu & Embrapa Monitor Wildlife In Reservoir Protection Zone

Field research covers 15 sampling points between Guaíra and São Miguel do Iguaçu; species monitoring serves as an indicator of environmental health

Electrified Vehicle Fleet Grows 48% In One Year

Brazil reaches 683,000 units and expands charging demand, says NeoCharge

Armor Forecasts Yellow Tariff Flag For July

According to the energy trader, prices in Brazil’s free energy market are expected to remain within a range of R$ 150/MWh to R$ 250/MWh (US$ 28.90/MWh to US $ 48.17/MWh)

Brazil 5th In 2025 Solar Market Ranking

A SolarPower Europe report shows the country added 14.5 GWp of solar capacity in 2025, a 23% decline from the 18.9 GWp added in the previous year

EDP To Supply Fiocruz Renewable Energy Until 2028

Deregulated market energy contract provides 18% savings and supply of 32,300 MWh

From The Media

JUN 30, 2026 - Merco Press

The confirmation of right-wing Keiko Fujimori's victory in Peru's presidential runoff drew congratulations from regional leaders, who framed the result within the shift to the right in Latin America. With Fujimori's victory, the right will add a new government, alongside Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, and El Salvador and the recent victory of Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia. Argentine President Javier Milei emphasized, “I congratulate Keiko Fujimori on her historic victory in Peru. The Peruvian people joined Colombia and signaled that the region wants to return to the path of freedom and security.” The enthusiasm contrasted, however, with the narrowness of the result and the division the election left behind. Fujimori won by just 49,641 votes—50.14% against Sánchez's 49.87%—and did not win within Peruvian territory. But the margin tilted in her favor thanks to the vote of Peruvians abroad.

JUN 30, 2026 - Reuters

The world's oil tanker fleet is behaving as if the Strait of Hormuz is reopening—even as the waterway remains partially navigable and politically contested. Owners and charterers are moving early to position vessels for a return to Gulf exports. But the gap between expectation and reality remains wide, leaving the global oil shipping system in a fragile middle ground. The immediate evidence of ‌adjustment lies in vessel movements. Tanker transits through Hormuz are starting to recover. Before the war, around 90-110 vessels passed through the strait daily, but flows collapsed by more than 90% at the height of the disruption. Recent data shows traffic picking up again, with dozens of vessels making crossings on some days, although levels remain low and prone to sudden reversals. That stop-start recovery underscores a key point: the system is being stress-tested in real time by shipowners probing the boundaries of what is safe and commercially viable.

JUN 30, 2026 - Yahoo Finance

Brazil's gross debt rose more than expected in May, Central Bank data ‌showed on Tuesday, as the country's rising interest ‌bill pushed borrowing higher. Debt reached 81.1% of gross domestic product, up from 80.2% in April and above the 80.7% forecast in a Reuters poll. By the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) metric—which includes all Treasury securities, unlike the Central Bank's measure that ‌excludes those held ⁠off-market on its balance sheet—gross debt climbed to 94.3% of GDP, from 92.9% the ⁠previous month. Brazil's debt level remains well above the IMF's projected 77.2% average for emerging and developing economies in 2026, a gap that keeps risk premiums elevated as investors demand ‌compensation to finance growing government spending amid concerns about fiscal discipline.

JUN 30, 2026 - Mongabay.com

The environmental license for Petrobras to start prospecting for oil and gas was granted by Brazil’s Environmental Regulator (Ibama) in October 2025, after several denied requests and strong criticism from environmentalists and civil society organizations. One of the key concerns was raised by experts about Petrobras’s operation centers on the Amazon Reef system, located less than 40 kilometers (25 miles) from block FZA‑M‑59, where Petrobras is drilling its Morpho well. The Amazon Reef system was only officially described by a group of Brazilian researchers in 2016. One of the surprises was the occurrence of corals, since water turbidity and lack of light usually don’t make for ideal conditions for these organisms to proliferate. “The reef environment in the Equatorial Margin hosts an enormous variety of organisms, with vast fields of rhodoliths, starfish, calcareous algae, corals, and huge gardens of century‑old sponges,” says Eduardo Tavares Paes, a professor of oceanography at the Federal Rural University of Amazonia.