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ANP Auctions 59 Exploration Blocks For US$ 685.4 M

Petrobras alone paid US$ 578.6 M in signature bonuses for pre-salt and post-salt acreage

Bahia State Government Seeks To Sell Stake In Bahiagás

Sale will involve a minority stake and the state, under re-elected Governor Jerônimo Rodrigues, will retain control of the company

Petrobras & Ecopetrol Complete Colombia Exploration Campaign

Project involved drilling five exploration wells in the GUA-OFF-0 block and received US$1 billion in investment

PPSA To Offer Remaining Government 9th Spot Auction Cargoes

The auction will be held Wednesday (Oct. 7), with 4 million barrels offered in five lots

ANP Removes 5 Exploration Blocks From Wednesday (Oct. 7) Auction

O&G Regulator says areas in the Parnaíba Basin were removed from the tender after identifying a material error in applying the required exclusions based on the socio-environmental criteria established in the joint statement issued by the MME and MMA

ANP Publishes 655 Gas Release Consultation Contributions

O&G Regulator says submissions indicate broad support for the program’s implementation, along with proposals for improvements

Petrobras Begins Repar Refinery Maintenance Shutdown

Maintenance at the Araucária (state of Paraná) refinery will receive R$ 800 million (US$ 155.3 M) in investment and involve 6,000 workers at peak activity; Petrobras has developed a logistics plan to ensure LPG and gasoline supply during the production shutdown

EPE: Reusing Gas Pipelines Could Cut H2 Transport Costs

Technical note shows that adapting existing natural gas infrastructure could reduce investment by 75% to 90% compared with building new pipelines

Shell Backs Negotiated Access To Integrated Gas Systems

Company supports 3rd-party access and greater transparency but advocates preserving contracts and preferential rights beyond the 30-year period proposed by the regulator

Amapá Oil Is Better Quality Than Pre-Salt Oil, Chambriard Says

Discovery of a second reservoir in the Foz do Amazonas Basin through drilling of the Morpho well increases Petrobras’ appetite for Brazil’s Equatorial Margin, according to the company’s CEO

Brazil Approves 11 New Equatorial Margin Exploration Sectors

The areas cover 380,000 square kilometers of Brazil’s Continental Shelf and encompass 501 new exploration blocks in the Barreirinhas, Ceará, Foz do Amazonas, Potiguar and Pará-Maranhão basins

ExxonMobil & TotalEnergies Purchase PPSA 9th Spot Auction Cargoes

The U.S. company acquired a Bacalhau cargo, while the French company won a Búzios cargo

Transocean & Valaris Seek Unconditional Antitrust Approval For Merger

Companies tell the Antitrust Regulator that the post-merger market will maintain a high degree of rivalry and broad global competition; U.S. antitrust division has closed its investigation

U.S. Research Vessel To Measure Amazon Shelf Tides

RV Atlantic Explorer will measure the generation and decay of internal tides in the Foz do Amazonas Basin region of Brazil’s Equatorial Margin in research authorized by the Brazilian Navy

bp Weighs Sale Of Biofuel Assets

New business model is being developed for the unit and is expected to be announced soon, according to sources

A-1, A-2 & A-3 Existing Power Auctions Set For November

Tenders will have ceiling prices of US$58.23/MWh, US$54.22/MWh and US$49.20/MWh

Light Electrified Vehicles Surpass 1 M Units

Electric Vehicle Association attributes the milestone to the establishment of electrified-vehicle manufacturing plants in Brazil, a broader range of models, stronger after-sales support, and expansion of charging infrastructure

Statkraft Avoids 280,000 tCO₂e In 2025 Through Renewable Generation

Emissions inventory shows that most of the company’s reported emissions came from construction of new projects

Consultation Proposes Adjustments To Transmission Access Rules

Contributions will be accepted from October 8 through November 22

MME Proposes 1% Biomethane Mandate For 2027

Under the ministry’s proposal, biomethane’s share of natural gas consumption for emissions reduction, currently at 0.5%, would increase annually to 5% by 2030

CCEE Releases List Of Power Plants Eligible For Curtailment Compensation

The initiative represents another step in implementing an MME ordinance providing compensation to wind and solar power plants affected by curtailment

BESS Could Reduce Consumer Charges By US$ 122 M Per Annum

Volt Robotics estimates that the National Grid will need up to 6.5 GW of additional capacity by 2028 and highlights the advantages of storage in meeting the critical demand window

Latin America Could Raise Critical Minerals Value To US$ 220 B

Region holds around 60% of the world’s lithium reserves and more than 30% of copper reserves, but is advancing slowly on energy efficiency

Forecasts Point To Above-Average Inflows In South & Southeast/Center-West

Results reflect the wettest September in 17 years, according to the ONS

Naturgy & Rio de Janeiro End Dispute Over Open Gas Market

Rio state government, Agenersa and distributor reach agreement on customer migration. Regulator wants industrial consumers in Rio de Janeiro to participate in the PPSA auction

Aneel Opens Public Consultation On DEC & FEC Limits For 14 Distributors

Contributions to set reliability limits for the 2027–2031 cycle can be submitted to the agency through October 30

Power Distributors Reinforce Operations For National Elections

Enel Rio, Light and CPFL will have standby crews, real-time monitoring, generators and additional operational resources

Diesel Leads Fuel Price Increases In September & Year To Date

Of the six fuels tracked, four became more expensive in September, while regular and premium gasoline prices edged down

Brazil To Get 1st Critical Minerals Processing Plant

Agreement between Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths Limited and Meteoric Resources Limited marks a new stage in development of the Caldeira Rare Earths Project

Brazilian CCS Rules Could Increase Costs

Liability with no end date could make insurance, financing and asset transfers more difficult, CCS Brasil study finds

From The Media

OUT 07, 2026 - Reuters

US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview Monday (Oct. 5) with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries’ seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negotiations. Vance said the US does not just want assurances of future nuclear drawdowns. "If you don't want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% enriched fuel? And if you want to show commitment to not building a nuclear weapon, don't build highly enriched fuel. That's a very basic threshold issue," Vance said. Washington's "requests and ideas" about Iran's nuclear program are at odds with Tehran's demands, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday (Oct. 7) when asked about Vance's comment that Tehran must ⁠cut enrichment to end the war.

OUT 07, 2026 - Argusmedia.com

Brazil's Electric Power Regulator (Aneel) is seeking to reduce the gap between daytime solar power supply and peak evening demand through more use of time-based pricing mechanisms. Growing solar generation creates a challenge for Brazil's grid as it seeks to better match supply and demand, advisor to Aneel's General Director Flavia Lis Pederneiras said at the Smart Grid conference in Sao Paulo on Tuesday (Oct. 7). Solar power generation during the day and higher electricity demand at night boosts system prices and require systems with more flexibility to make the national power system more stable, she said. Aneel wants to increase time-based electricity tariffs, which allows low-voltage consumers including residential, rural, industrial and public service consumers to pay different prices depending on the time of day they use electricity. It gives consumers clearer price signals and encourages them to shift consumption to periods of higher solar power generation, it said. Electric vehicles (EVs) could stress the grid if most charging happens during evening peak hours, but they could also become a part of the solution if charging happens during higher solar power generation hours, from 10am-4pm, Perderneiras said.

OUT 07, 2026 - Spglobal.com

S&P Global Energy and GasHub, a Brazilian digital marketplace for natural gas trading, announced on Tuesday (Oct. 6) a data-sharing agreement to improve transparency and enhance Platts Brazil natural gas price assessments. Under the agreement, Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will receive anonymized market data from GasHub. The data expands Platts’ view of Brazilian spot-market activity and is available as an input to Platts natural gas price assessments for Brazil’s three major pipeline systems. “Brazil’s expanding gas market needs domestic reference prices that reflect local trading conditions,” said Eric Brooks, Manager of Americas Gas Pricing at Platts. “GasHub’s marketplace data gives us another direct view of trading activity across TAG, NTS and TBG and strengthens the depth of data underpinning our assessments. Platts’ independent methodology remains the foundation of every assessment. GasHub is focused on making Brazil's free gas market more liquid. Transparent reference prices are the first step: they build confidence, and confidence brings new participants and volume," said GasHub CEO Antonio Quirino. "Platts has a decades-long track record of building the price references behind the world's most liquid energy markets. Sharing anonymized market data from our platform brings that expertise to Brazil and gives the market an independent reference it can use."

OUT 07, 2026 - Financial Times

Rare Earths Americas, Inc. (REA) has commenced an Initial Assessment (“IA”) at its Constellation Rare Earths Project in Brazil's Poços de Caldas district (state of Minaas Gerais), which hosts an inferred mineral resource of 266.2 million tonnes at 2,637 ppm TREO. Constellation is one of three rare earth projects REA holds in Brazil, alongside the Alpha Project in the state of Bahia and the early-stage Homer-A exploration project in the state of Goiás. Recent activity involving Meteoric Resources'Caldeira Project in Poços de Caldas and Serra Verde's Pela Ema operation in Goiás reflects growing interest in Brazilian ionic clay assets. REA is targeting completion of the IA in mid-2027. REA has commenced an IA, which will outline an initial mine plan, rare earth annual production potential, metallurgical review, infrastructure assessment, permitting overview and preliminary project economics, with completion targeted for mid-2027.