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Brazilian Government Eliminates Federal Taxes On Gasoline & Ethanol For 30 Days

Effective October 10 through November 9, the measure eliminates federal taxes on gasoline and hydrous ethanol and increases the subsidy paid to ethanol producers

ANP Approves Shell’s Transfer Of Gato Do Mato Stake To Kufpec

O&G Regulator recommended that the Ministry of Mines and Energy also approve the transfer of Shell’s 20% stake in the project

ANP: 32 Organizations Registered For Gas Release Public Hearing

O&G Regulator Director Pietro Mendes also confirmed that the hearing will take place next week on October 21 with no postponement

States Of Pará & Amapá Vie For Petrobras Logistics Base To Support Equatorial Margin Exploration

Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard’s remarks about a potential logistics base in Belém spark a backlash in Amapá; She clarifies on social media that the company could establish facilities in both states

ANP Approves B3 Stock Exchange’s Accreditation To Register Biomethane Origin Certificates

O&G Regulator’s process rapporteur Symone Araújo highlighted B3’s experience in registering and processing transactions involving decarbonization credits (CBIOs)

Holiday Schedule

Monday October 12, 2026, is a national public holiday in Brazil celebrating Our Lady of Aparecida (Nossa Senhora de Aparecida), the patron saint of the country. Brasil Energy will resume publication on Tuesday Oct. 13, 2026

PetroReconcavo Reports Lower September Production

Well failures and unplanned compressor shutdowns at the Bahia Asset contributed to a decline in production to 23,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in September

Oceânica Signs R$ 354 M (US$ 68.7 M) Contract with Petrobras

The company will provide specialized diving and diverless remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services across up to four work fronts under a four-year contract, increasing its backlog to R$ 10.3 billion (US$ 2 B)

CCEE Develops Platform For 1st Government-Owned Natural Gas Auction

The Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE) will handle participant registration, initial bids, and other stages of the auction

IBP: ANP Auctions Send Positive Signal For Brazilian Market

O&G Institute highlights legal and regulatory certainty and views results as a sign of investor confidence in the sector

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

ONS Projects Higher Reservoir Storage Levels In 3 Power System Regions

Reservoir storage levels in the South, Northeast and North exceed 60%

Isa Energia & Taesa Strengthen Wildfire Prevention In Piauí State

Companies hold event in Eliseu Martins to expand collaboration and reinforce best practices for prevention and incident response

Absae: Energy Policy Council Should Coordinate Storage Policy

Energy Storage Association releases study identifying regulatory, economic and institutional priorities for the next 4 years

TransJordano Launches Biomethane Corridor

The 450-kilometer project connects Sumaré, Ribeirão Preto, and Cubatão in São Paulo state, with refueling infrastructure open to other trucking companies

O&G Regulator Reinstates Ban On Biodiesel Sales Between Distributors

The restriction will remain in effect for 24 months to improve biofuel traceability and strengthen oversight of the mandatory biodiesel blend in diesel fuel

Reservoirs In Better Shape For Multiple Uses During El Niño

Compared with 2015, Sobradinho, Três Marias, Tucuruí and Serra da Mesa reservoirs can be considered to be full

ONS Allocates 228 MW To 3 São Paulo Data Centers

Pahlavan One, Pahlavan Three and Digital DC Brasil secured all remaining capacity offered in the first competitive process under the PNAST

Aneel Authorizes Land Acquisition For 2 Small Hydropower Plants Awarded In 2025 A-5 Auction

Plants in the States of Santa Catarina and Paraná have a combined capacity of 14.8 MW and are scheduled to begin delivering electricity in January 2030

Curtailment Requires Specific Contractual Provisions

With Aneel’s new rule still having no immediate financial effect, market participants will have to specify in contracts who bears losses and receives compensation

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

From The Media

OUT 13, 2026 - Poder360.com.br

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro captured 47% of valid votes on Oct. 4 ahead of incumbent President Luiz Lula da Silva’s 45%. Subsequent national surveys show the Liberal Party senator ahead by 2–6 points in the upcoming Oct. 25 runoff. The PoderData/AYA poll released on Tuesday (October 13) puts Bolsonaro at 51% of the valid votes in a potential presidential runoff against Lula, who has 49%. The two candidates are statistically tied within the poll’s margin of error of 1.8 percentage points. The poll was conducted by telephone from October 10 to 12, interviewing 3,000 voters aged 16 and older in 686 municipalities across all 27 of Brazil’s states and Federal District. The confidence level is 95%. Compared with the previous poll, released October 8, Lula gained two percentage points, rising from 47% to 49%, while Flávio fell from 53% to 51%. The numerical gap narrowed from six points to two.

OUT 13, 2026 - Merco Press

The Brazilian government has blamed deliberate human action for the wave of fires in Amazonas state, where 540 new hotspots were recorded in 48 hours, more than half of those detected in the whole of October 2025, according to the National Space Research Institute. The situation has led to a state of emergency in 36 municipalities. Environment and Climate Change Minister João Paulo Capobianco flew over the region on Sunday (Oct. 11) with Integration and Regional Development Minister Waldez Góes and observed fire in hard-to-reach forest areas. Since fires do not occur spontaneously in the Amazon biome, the minister argues the outbreaks are the result of deliberate action, possibly to degrade the forest and prepare the ground for future clearing. “It is essential that those acting criminally see that they will be punished,” he said. According to the institute’s data, 494 fires started in the state on Saturday (Oct. 10), the highest figure of the month; on the same day in 2025, none were recorded. There were 874 hotspots in the whole of October 2025.

OUT 13, 2026 - Politico

Four Republican and three Democratic members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee have urged President Donald Trump to “immediately reverse course” on his diesel supply deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing it contravenes the law banning Russian energy imports. It is the most direct Republican criticism of a Trump foreign policy decision in his current term. “The US should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians,” said a statement released on Sunday by Republicans Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis and John Curtis and Democrats Jeanne Shaheen, Ron Wyden and Richard Blumenthal. “Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine,” they added. Shaheen, the committee’s ranking Democrat, said the law requires consultation with Congress and a formal review process, and that the administration “appears to have bypassed both”. Murkowski urged Trump to use the law to increase sanctions and tariffs on Russia “instead of allowing Russia to export diesel, rake in revenues, and continue its catastrophic war in Ukraine”.

OUT 13, 2026 - Reuters

Qatar's vast liquefied natural gas export facilities remain hobbled. Until a durable resolution of the US-Israeli war with Iran is reached, Gulf shipments will be heavily curtailed, leaving the global LNG market seriously strained. Qatar is the world's second-largest producer of LNG behind the United States. It accounts for around a fifth of global capacity at nearly 80 million metric tons per year. The Iran war, now in its eighth month, has dealt a heavy blow to Qatar. The country was forced to shut down much of its main LNG complex at Ras Laffan shortly after ‌the start of hostilities and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The outlook for Gulf crude exports certainly has improved. Irans grip on Hormuz appears to have weakened in recent weeks, allowing a sharp increase in oil exports from the region. Yet LNG traffic in the Gulf has barely recovered.