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Petrobras May Contract FPSO For Potiguar Basin

A production unit could be deployed in the Mãe de Ouro area, in the Equatorial Margin, according to company CEO Magda Chambriard

Forum Discusses Expansion Of Underground Gas Storage

Experts highlight that the growth of renewable sources in Brazil’s power mix and structural changes in the natural gas market are creating favorable conditions for project development

Vallourec Invests US$ 583 M In Brazil, Turning Country Into Premium Global Hub

André Lacerda discusses the company’s full OCTG contract with Petrobras, seamless pipe production in Minas Gerais, and new thermal insulation and completion technologies

Bacalhau To Add 30% To Galp’s Production At Plateau

Portuguese oil company expects the Santos Basin pre-salt field to reach peak production by the end of 2026

Petrobras Production Nears 3 Mbpd

Company’s production reaches 2.92 Mbpd as its crude attracts interest from new global customers amid the current war

The Major Achievement At Morpho Was Confirming A Working Petroleum System

In addition to finding high-quality oil, Petrobras identified geological characteristics confirming the presence of a reservoir, the company's Executive Director of Exploration and Production told Brasil Energy

Petrobras Signs MoU With Mozambique's ENH

Agreement with Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos provides for joint work on studies, evaluation, development and commercialization, among other areas

Petrobras Tightens Local-Content Requirements & Considers Bringing Equatorial Margin Production Forward

Executive Director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation discusses negotiations with Yinson and SBM Offshore, efforts to overcome turbine and dry-dock bottlenecks, Tupi and Mero tenders, and plans to decommission 18 platforms

ANP Fines Fuel Distributors + US$ 39 M

First-instance decisions found abusive price increases, with gross margins rising by more than 1,350%

PPSA Schedules Natural Gas Auction October 22

President Luis Fernando Paroli announced the date at ROG.e 2026 following publication of the auction rules by the Ministry of Mines and Energy

Independents Far From Focusing On Decommissioning

Prio & Brava Energia executives said they intend to keep producing while also reusing existing infrastructure

Petrobras, Shell & Strohm Complete Qualification & Field-Test Program

Strohm’s TCP technology offers superior fatigue performance and is lightweight compared with steel, allowing it to be installed using vessels of opportunity

Exxon Eyes 1 Million Bpd In Guyana & Brazil’s Equatorial Margin

ExxonMobil Senior Vice President for Deepwater Hunter Farris said the oil major could “bring something unique” to the Brazilian market

ROG.e 2026 Highlights Fair Energy Transition, Diversity & International Cooperation

IBP President Roberto Ardenghy highlighted record technical engagement for this year’s event, with 1,800 papers submitted for selection. Mozambique President underscored the importance of his country’s partnership with Brazil

NS-43 Rig Heads To Foz Do Amazonas Basin

Constellation vessel chartered by Petrobras will replace Foresea’s NS-42 in drilling the FZA-M-59 block in Amapá

Court Demands Plan For Future Of Enel’s São Paulo Concession

Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) gives MME and Aneel 60 days to plan for service continuity after the contract expires in 2028

Petrobras Targets Diesel Self-Sufficiency & New Biorefineries

Petrobras’ Director of Industrial Processes and Products William França discusses the Rnest Train 2 schedule, progress on fertilizers and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and expectations for higher refining Capex in the next business plan

Aneel Lowers Electric Tariff Flag To Green In October

Tariff flag reflects increased rainfall in the South and Southeast and the recovery of hydroelectric reservoir levels

Copel Negotiates BNDES Financing To Expand Hydro Plants

The Segredo HPP expansion works are in their 6th, while construction of the Foz do Areia HPP site is getting underway; both will receive equipment from Andritz

EDF Inaugurates Operation Center For Brazilian Assets

Rio de Janeiro facility already monitors more than 1 GW and is expected to reach 2.1 GW by the end of 2026

MME Guarantees Minimum SAF Requirement Starting Next Year

Government is betting on regulatory flexibility and a Book and Claim system to reduce costs and enable the aviation sector's transition

Thymos Forecasts Green Tariff Flag For October

Energy consultancy cites reservoir levels and favorable inflow forecasts for the coming months

MME Announces New Storage Auction Rules

December tender will feature two products and incorporate grid-forming, local-content and locational incentive requirements

MME Opens Consultation On Hydropower Concessions

Contributions may be submitted through October 23 and will help inform a decree establishing rules for plants whose concessions have expired or are nearing expiration

Development Bank Provides US$ 35.36 M For 2 Biomethane Plants

The projects, located in Vila Velha (state of Espírito Santo) and Mauá (state of São Paulo), will have combined installed capacity to produce 97,000 Nm³ per day of biomethane

Hydropower Plants Gain Up To 4.5 Years In Concession Terms

Extensions stem from adjustments to GSF renegotiation tied to delays involving major Amazon hydro projects

Aneel Approves Changes To Commercialization Rules For Thermal Power Plants

The initiative aims to replace the current temporary operating arrangement with a permanent solution

Aneel Confirms Transmission Auction For October 30

Electric Energy Regulator approved the tender notice on Tuesday (Sept. 22), providing for eight lots in seven states, with estimated investments of R$ 8.9 billion (US$ 1.74 B)

São Paulo WTE Plants Should Include Rules To Protect Recycling, Public Defender’s Office Says

Although seeking to suspend the projects, the agency says safeguards for recyclable materials could help with resolution of the dispute

Regulator Projects Average 9.4% Electricity Rate Increase For 2026

The projection, included in the third edition of the InfoTarifas 2026 bulletin, already incorporates funds related to the renegotiation of Public-Asset Use (UBP) obligations

From The Media

SET 28, 2026 - Merco Press

Brazil votes next Sunday (Oct. 4) in a presidential election that arrives with the Supreme Federal Court mired in its worst institutional crisis since the return to democracy, the right's candidate formally under investigation in the same case, and the two leading contenders tied within the margin of error in every poll. The Banco Master case, in which the bank's former owner, Daniel Vorcaro, was arrested on Supreme Court orders over an alleged fraud of up to R$ 12 billion (US$ 2.3 B), has reached both key presidential contender Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and several justices of the court itself. Bolsonaro has been formally under investigation since July for alleged money laundering, currency evasion and corruption, focused on his contacts with Vorcaro and on the financing of “Dark Horse”, a film about his father. If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the Oct. 4th first round, the two frontrunners will advance to a runoff on October 25. Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro remain statistically tied, according to a Monday (Sept. 28) Quaest poll commissioned by Globo – each would each receive 42% of the vote. In a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll, Lula would receive 46% of the vote in a runoff, compared with 44% for the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

SET 28, 2026 - Reuters

Oil prices rebounded by around 3% to above US$ 107 a barrel on Monday (Sept. 28) after US President Donald Trump rejected a peace deal from Iran that would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz. While this has again dashed hopes of a breakthrough, oil flows through the critical waterway have grown steadily in recent weeks, suggesting that both sides are for now comfortable with the status quo. Elevated oil prices are stoking concerns of persistently higher global inflation, increasing expectations that central banks will push up interest rates. The energy and financial markets ⁠also continue to question whether the Trump administration will impose a ban on US diesel exports in the coming weeks in an attempt to lower soaring diesel prices, which rose above US $ 6.50 a gallon ahead of the November midterm elections. After holding talks with American refiners last week, the administration seems to be searching for an alternative to a short term ban.

SET 28, 2026 - Financial Times (Ft.com)

The value of older supertankers has exceeded new-build vessels for the first time on brokers’ records, as shipowners rushing to take advantage of high freight rates in the Gulf contribute to a “bananas” market for large crude carriers. Prices for five- and 10-year vessels have soared, with deals signed in days rather than weeks as brokers race to secure the earliest available ships. Record-high Middle East-to-Asia freight rates for so-called very large crude carriers — supertankers that carry 2mn barrels — of US$ 1.2 million a day are driving up ship prices. A shipbroker working on supertanker transactions described the market as “bananas”. In the past week, several ships built before 2016 were sold for US$ 150 million or higher, compared with an average of US$ 135 million for new builds, brokers said. “In 50 years from now we will talk about 2026. This is truly extraordinary. I don’t think in my lifetime I’ll ever see this kind of market again. It’s once-in-a-generation,” said Alexander Saverys, chief executive of the Belgian shipping company CMB Tech, which has several ships on the Middle East route.

SET 28, 2026 - Argusmedia.com

US president Donald Trump claimed this week that "the biggest oil companies in the world are going in" to Venezuela, but leading private-sector firms continue to see Brazil as their prime opportunity. Executives at last week's ROG.e conference in Rio de Janeiro were only too eager to talk up Brazil's advantages. Shell is the biggest private-sector producer in Brazil, with equity output of about 500,000 b/d. Chief executive Wael Sawan said growing disruption from the Russia-Ukraine and US-Iran wars will present a "multi-month challenge to supplies" globally, but he saw Brazil as a winner. "Brazil has the optionality and flexibility to not just support Brazilians but also support the rest of the world in the export of energy," he said. Led by state-controlled Petrobras, Brazil's upstream producers pushed crude output to a record 4.5mn b/d in July, according to Brazil’s O&G Regulator (ANP). The country has redirected crude exports to new Asian markets this year, driven by reduced demand from China, and to Europe thanks in part to a 50% cut to a temporary 12% crude export tax under an agreement between the EU and Mercosur trade bloc. "I was quite happy to have big production in Brazil to fill my European refineries," TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne said.