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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)

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

ANP Making Progress Under Brazil's Gas Law

ANP Director-General says the agency is not standing still and that the market has already recognized progress in the implementation of key measures

Petrobras Cuts Emissions 36% & Plans US$ 13 B For Decarbonization

Petrobras Engineering, Technology, and Innovation Director Renata Baruzzi said the company's 2050 Strategic Plan includes US $13 B in investments in new technologies and decarbonization

ONS Conditions Battery Projects On Grid Charging Capacity

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

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

2026/2027 Regulatory Cycle Transmission Tariffs Finalized

New rates will take effect on July 1, while revenues associated with transmission facilities in commercial operation total R$ 54.95 billion (US$ 10.59 B)

Itaipu Allocates US$ 5 M To Expand Research Park

The project includes road infrastructure upgrades, security systems, laboratories, and innovation spaces at Cientech

Axia Approves US$ 193 M Debenture Offering

The transaction will be offered exclusively to professional investors, with a 10-year tenor and remuneration linked to Brazil’s IPCA inflation index or the NTN-B 2035 benchmark

Storage Could Attract US$ 11 B By 2035

According to Deloitte, Brazilian companies should focus on digitalization and operational intelligence, technology selection, and the provision of ancillary services

From The Media

JUN 29, 2026 - New York Times

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to President Donald Trump and his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten. Ahead of the deal, the Trump administration approved preliminary applications for as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing for the American company, now called Kaz Resources, which plans to break ground on the project in rural Kazakhstan. The United States desperately needs tungsten for the production of missile warheads, fighter jets, computer chips, and other critical goods. Their sons were soon doing business with partners in a deal that their fathers were negotiating, continuing a pattern of self-enrichment in the second Trump administration that has few precedents in American history.

JUN 29, 2026 - Merco Press

Argentine President Javier Milei will take part on Monday and Tuesday (June 29-30) in the Mercosur summit of heads of state in Asunción, a meeting whose trade agenda —led by the agreement with the European Union— will coexist with open political tensions with Brazil that threaten to overshadow the bloc's progress. The main point of friction is the differences between Milei and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Lula da Silva. Brasília views with unease the tariff agreement that Argentina signed with the United States in February, which eliminated duties on some 1,675 products, fearing it may generate “distortions” within the bloc; the objection was formally raised by the Brazilian delegation at a preparatory meeting in March. Underlying it is a structural difference: Milei is seeking to loosen Mercosur's rules so that each country can negotiate trade agreements independently, a stance that clashes with the vision of common integration that Brazil defends.

JUN 29, 2026 - Reuters

Crude prices may be back near levels seen before the Iran war, but the surge in oil exports from the Middle East following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is creating a chaotic market that could take months to settle. The steep slide in Brent crude back to pre-war levels of around US$ 73 a barrel following the U.S.-Iran interim deal might suggest business as usual has returned to the world’s most important O&G hub that had been effectively paralyzed by conflict for more than 100 days. What looks closer to normality is a system trying to reboot all at once. First, there’s the race to liberate trapped volumes. Dozens of tankers stranded inside the Gulf during the war have rushed to leave in recent days. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said flows briefly exceeded pre-war levels of around 20 million barrels per day, though ship-tracking data suggests overall traffic remains far below the roughly 125 daily crossings seen before the conflict.

JUN 29, 2026 - Oilprice.com

Alfa Laval has secured a €102 million (US$ 117 M) contract from Acelen to supply hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) pre-treatment technology for a major renewable fuels biorefinery under development in Brazil. The agreement marks the largest order in Alfa Laval's history and will be executed in phases through the project's expected completion in 2029. The Swedish engineering company will provide HVO pre-treatment systems, including heat exchangers, separators, and other engineered components, covering feedstock clarification, degumming, absorption, and wastewater treatment. The technology will process a variety of renewable feedstocks, including soybean oil, used cooking oil, and macaúba, a native Brazilian oilseed crop. The Acelen facility is designed to produce more than 17,230 barrels per day of primarily sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the HVO process. The project is expected to strengthen Brazil's position in renewable fuels while supporting decarbonization efforts in hard-to-abate sectors such as aviation and heavy transport.