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Petrolia Secures 15% Interest In Vultur's Recôncavo Basin Blocks

REC-T-107 and REC-T-108 include the Urubu-Rei and Urubu-Rei Leste development areas and will continue to be operated by Vultur

Brazil Key Country For Shell’s Business, Says New CEO

João Santos Rosa assumes leadership of the Brazilian subsidiary at a time when the country has gained prominence in the group’s global operations, becoming its largest producer

June O&G Production Hits Record 5.842 M Boe/d

Brazil’s oil and natural gas output also reached record levels, reaching 4.475 million bbl/d and 217.35 million m³/d, respectively, with annual growth of 19.1% and 19.7%

Petrobras Announces New Colombia Offshore Gas Discovery

Gas accumulation was identified at the Sandia-1 exploratory well in the GUA-OFF-0 Block, where the company and Ecopetrol are developing the Sirius project

Court Approves Raízen’s Out-Of-Court Restructuring Plan

Decision makes effective the rescheduling of US$ 12 B in debt and allows the company to move forward with its capital increase and business reorganization

Pipeline To Connect Necta & Comgás Gas Networks

The 115-km project will connect the biomethane production hub within Necta's concession area to Comgás' consumer market

TotalEnergies & ExxonMobil Win Cargoes In PPSA's 7th Spot Auction

Only two of the three lots were awarded: a 900,000-barrel Atapu cargo to TotalEnergies and a 1 million-barrel Bacalhau cargo to ExxonMobil

CNPE Restructures Government-Owned Gas Sales & Targets 50% Price Cut

Resolution allows PPSA to directly market government-owned gas through auctions, with expectation of reducing industrial gas prices from about US$ 12 to US$ 5 per million BTU

Petrobras Says Gas Release Program Threatens Investment

Company’s Exploration & Production Director Sylvia Anjos says regulatory framework under discussion creates legal uncertainty for natural gas producers

PPSA To Hold 1st Federal Government Natural Gas Auction In November

The company is in final stage of negotiations to appoint Petrobras as its marketing agent, according to CEO Luis Fernando Paroli.The company is in final stage of negotiations to appoint Petrobras as its marketing agent, according to CEO Luis Fernando Paroli

Brazilian Oil Gains Foreign Markets

Petrobras sold more abroad in the second quarter of this year, while importing less, benefiting from higher refinery utilization

Petrobras Natural Gas Supply Declines

National gas availability fell in the second quarter as production unit and gas pipeline outages reduced domestic supply

Noble Posts 2Q26 Loss After Brazil Contract Suspensions

Noble Faye Kozack and Noble Courage rigs were under charter contracts with Petrobras

ANP Accepts I-RECs For RenovaBio Certification

Agency recognizes renewable energy certificates as proof of the origin of electricity used under the program, expanding options for biofuel producers

OceanPact's CBO Acquisition Gets Antitrust Approval

Brazil's antitrust regulator cleared the transaction without restrictions after concluding there is no horizontal overlap in the AHTS, PSV, and OSRV vessel markets and that, despite a dominant position in the RSV segment, the combined company is unlikely to exercise market power

Axia Completes 1st Post-Privatization Transmission Project

Project in Santa Catarina received US$ 37.6 M in investments

61% Of National Grid Interconnection Works Behind Schedule

Report shows 23 of 38 projects are delayed or at risk; Aneel criticizes distribution companies’ planning failures, especially Equatorial Pará

State Of Amapá Trade Fair Connects SMEs & O&G Supply Chain

Event brought together Petrobras, industry experts, and business leaders to present supplier opportunities and help prepare Amapá companies for a new investment cycle tied to a potential Petrobras discovery in the Equatorial Margin

6,091 Projects Registered For Battery Storage Auctions

The projects, totaling 296,807 MW of capacity, represent a new participation record for Brazil's electricity sector auctions

El Niño Concerns: ONS Orders Earlier Generating Units Maintenance

National Operator instructed generators to anticipate maintenance work at three hydropower plants on the Rio Grande and a coal-fired power plant in southern Brazil

São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro Power Outage Could Cost US$ 19 M/hour

Cyber security company estimates losses of US$ 453 M over 24 hours in case of simultaneous power disruption

End August National Grid Load Demand Expected To Rise 4.8%

Initial forecast for month-end also points to higher electricity demand across all regional subsystems, according to the ONS

Temporary E32 Gasoline Blend Takes Effect Nationwide

Mandatory blend of anhydrous ethanol in regular gasoline rises from 30% to 32% for 180 days; ANP establishes transition period before enforcement begins

Yellow Tariff Flag Remains In Effect for August

Less favorable power generation conditions maintain additional charge on electricity bills

Power Consumption Rises 2% In June

Third consecutive increase driven by residential and commercial segments, EPE indicates

Powershoring Forum Targets US$ 14 B For Northeastern Brazil’s Green Industry

The commitment letter seeks to leverage the region's wind and solar potential to attract low-carbon industries, create jobs and accelerate the energy transition between 2026 and 2030

ONS & Rio De Janeiro University Inaugurate Research & Innovation Hub

Project will focus on AI, Big Data and digital substations

Taesa Completes Assis Substation Reinforcement Project

Project included the installation of Brazil’s first 525 kV underground cable and one of the country’s largest AC transformers

Electric Energy Trader Expects Yellow Tariff Flag To Remain In August

The performance of southern Brazil has acted as a balancing factor for the electricity market, according to Armor Energia

Strong Winds Cause Power Supply Interruptions In Rio De Janeiro & São Paulo

Electricity Regulator Aneel monitors developments as utilities and other sector players work to restore the grid and normalize service to consumers

From The Media

AGO 04, 2026 - Associated Press

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the USA in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit ahead of upcoming elections as well as Brazil’s stalling on approving President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia. The State Department said the decision was a reciprocal response to Brazil’s actions and officials said the step had been delayed several times to give Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva room to back down, something he did not do. Officials said, however, that it could be quickly reversed if Brazil takes appropriate action and accepts Trump’s ambassadorial choice. Their relationship has been strained by Trump’s fondness for Lula’s first term successor and then predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently under house arrest, and his son Flávio, who is Lula’s main opponent in October election.

AGO 04, 2026 - Reuters

President Luiz Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are running neck and neck ‌ahead of October's presidential election, a Nexus/BTG Pactual poll showed on Monday (Aug. 3), as the right-wing lawmaker narrowed the gap with the leftist incumbent. In a simulated second-round runoff, Lula ⁠would receive 46% of voter support compared with 45% for Bolsonaro. A July 27 Nexus poll had Lula leading Bolsonaro 47%-43%. In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 41% of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro (37%), Ronaldo Caiado (5%), Renan Santos (4%), and Romeu Zema (3%). If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the ⁠two frontrunners advance to a runoff. Nexus ⁠surveyed 2,002 people between July 31 and August 2; margin of error 2 percentage points.

AGO 04, 2026 - Valorinternational.globo.com

Rising demand for biomass in the state of Mato Grosso to meet the energy needs of large agribusiness operations, particularly corn ethanol plants, is drawing interest from farmers, companies, and investment funds to eucalyptus cultivation in the state. The sector has attracted growing interest this year from investment funds, agribusiness companies, farmers, and traditional eucalyptus producers that are now targeting the biomass market. The trend reflects increasing demand from the corn ethanol industry and has been accelerated by a new regulatory framework that prohibits large agribusiness companies in the state from using biomass sourced from native vegetation to fuel their cogeneration facilities. In June, the state government signed an Environmental Commitment Agreement (TCA) aimed at phasing out the use of timber from native forests as biomass.

AGO 04, 2026 - PV Magazine Ess-news.com

Brazilian battery manufacturer UCB Power says the country’s storage sector is moving beyond pilot projects as commercial deployments expand, battery auctions take shape and long-duration tech gains momentum. Brazil’s energy storage market is entering a new phase of development, moving from pilot projects toward commercial-scale deployments, according to UCB Powers Director Vinicius Berná. According to Berná, “2025 represented the commercial inflection point of the Brazilian market, while 2026 is the year of its institutionalization. Storage is moving from a market predominantly formed by pilot projects to one with replicable portfolios, larger projects, new business models.” Based on figures from consultancy Greener, manufacturers and solution providers received orders equivalent to 730 MWh in 2025, a volume similar to the total accumulated during the previous five years.

AGO 04, 2026 - Ca.finance.yahoo.com

Brazilian reforestation startup Mombak said on Tuesday (Aug. 4) that it had delivered its first Amazon carbon removal credits more than two years ahead of schedule, ‌a milestone that could help build confidence in a market long plagued by concerns ‌over project quality and delayed deliveries. The company said the credits were delivered to buyers including Google, McKinsey and McLaren Racing, all of which had expected to receive them in 2028. Bain & Company, Climeworks, Commons and Union Square Ventures also received credits. Mombak restores degraded farmland and pasture in Brazil's Amazon rainforest by planting native tree species, generating credits from the carbon dioxide captured by the forests, which can be sold to ‌companies seeking to offset emissions. This first issuance amounts to more than 21,000 metric tons of carbon ⁠dioxide removed from the atmosphere, it said.