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Biofuel Testing Program Enters Operational Phase

Network coordinated by MME will produce technical evidence to support future decisions on biodiesel and ethanol blending mandates

Karoon Restarts Production From Baúna PRA-2 Well

The well's return to service has increased production at the Baúna field to 22,000 barrels per day

ANP Orders Petrobras To Accelerate Natural Gas Supply Project

According to the O&G Regulator, upgrading a gas processing plant in São Paulo state to meet the minimum methane content required under current regulations will enable an additional 9 million cubic meters per day of pre-salt natural gas to reach the market beginning in 2030

Ecovix Receives More Steel For Handy Tanker Construction

About 11,000 metric tons of steel arrived at the Rio Grande Shipyard in Rio Grande do Sul. The shipment, from Indonesia, will be used to build 4 Handy-class tankers for Transpetro.

ANP Shares Schedule For Rio Innovation Week

Agenda includes discussions on R&D&I, sustainable fuels and female leadership

ANP Approves Public Consultation On 3rd-Party Access To Gas Pipelines

Draft resolution will be open for public consultation for 45 days and incorporates provisions implementing Brazil's New Gas Law

ANP To Intervene In PPSA-Petrobras Dispute

Disagreement centers on access to production gas pipelines and natural gas treatment and processing facilities

Rolls-Royce Sells 40 Engines To Petrobras

Equipment is designed for onboard power generation and diesel-electric propulsion systems for ten PSV and OSRV vessels under construction at the Detroit Brasil shipyard

Riser Configuration Technology Project Advances To 2nd Phase

Petrobras, ExxonMobil Brasil, Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Subsea7 project enters full-scale experimental validation, with its prototype now being presented to the market

PetroReconcavo June Production +0.8%

After two consecutive monthly declines, the company produced 24,069 boe/d in June, driven primarily by higher output from the Tiê field

Tenenge Submits Lowest Bid For Petrobras' SAF Project

The company offered R$ 1.2 billion (US$ 233 million) for the tender covering a sustainable aviation fuel pretreatment unit at the RPBC refinery (in the state of São Paulo)

Rio de Janeiro Extends Reduced Tax On Jet Fuels

State government maintains 7% rate until April 2027 for air transport companies carrying cargo or passengers operating at airports in the state

ANP & Petrobras Agree To Bring 335 Offshore Wells Into Regulatory Compliance

The settlement, signed at Brazil's Attorney General's Office, resolves a dispute over the regulatory deadline for the permanent abandonment or monitoring of offshore oil and gas wells that had remained in unmonitored temporary abandonment

CT PMO/PLD Opens Public Consultation On Brazilian Power Sector Models

Contributions will help define the technical committee's work agenda for its next cycle of activities

Vast & Petrobras Sign 1st Take-or-Pay Agreement

The long-term contract covers crude oil transshipment operations at Vast's T-Oil terminal

Belo Monte HPP Generated 6.56% Of Brazil’s 1H26 Power

Plant generated 23,068,227.6 MWh between January and June, according to Norte Energia

Acelen Secures Soybean Oil Supply For SAF & HVO Production

Partnership with Bunge will supply the company's biorefinery beginning in 2029

ANP Eases Biodiesel Blending Level Rules

Measure benefits sectors such as transportation, agriculture, mining and power generation

Light Completes US$ 274 M Capital Increase

Operation was fully subscribed, with the issuance of 238.5 million shares; proceeds are part of the company's judicial reorganization plan

Electricity Regulator Recommends Denying Odata Data Center Capacity Expansion Priority

Technical staff cites the National Transmission System Access Policy (PNAST) as the governing framework for projects seeking expanded access to the transmission grid

Amazon Community Replaces Diesel With Solar Power

Solar plant serves 47 households and reduces dependence on fossil fuels

CMSE Approves New Rules For Energy Security Dispatch Decisions

Rule requires technical studies by the ONS and the CCEE before deliberations and mandates public disclosure of the committee's decisions

Energy Efficiency & Sustainability Competitive Advantages For Mining Industry

Aggreko report finds that 66% of mining executives surveyed link the future of energy to sustainability, renewable sources and operational efficiency

Axia Adopts Extreme Weather Events Plan

Company includes hydropower plants, transmission lines, and substations in its strategy

Statkraft To Invest US$ 194 M In Wind Farm

The project, to be built in Santa Vitória do Palmar (state of Rio Grande do Sul), will have an initial installed capacity of 280 MW

Harvest Plan Begins Financing Batteries For Agribusiness

Energy storage financing expands possibilities for solar generation on farms

Rio’s AI City Data Center Project Targeted By Prosecutor's Office Complaint

Request questions environmental impacts related to power and water consumption; Elea says project will use idle grid capacity and closed-loop cooling systems

Dec. Capacity Auction Battery Project Rules Published

Methodology released by the ONS & EPE for this year's auctions evaluates the full operating cycle of battery projects and may limit grid connections where transmission constraints exist

2026 Electrified Vehicle Sales More Than Double

215,000 units were sold in the first half of the year, with growth six times higher than the overall automotive market, according to ABVE

Minas Gerais Regions Ready For Large-Scale Data Centers

Survey identifies electrical capacity and infrastructure suitable for digital infrastructure projects

From The Media

JUL 13, 2026 - The Economist

On Saturday (July 11) Iran attacked a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the fourth such incident in the past week. America bombed Iran, and Iran launched missiles and drones at Gulf states. The two sides are still locked in a battle for the strait, despite striking a preliminary peace deal in June. America wants the strait fully opened. Iran wants to control which vessels can use it. In practice, the fighting means Iran gets its wish: the waterway is in effect closed. Only 13 ships transited it on Friday. All but three used the Iranian-controlled route. Mediators had hoped to organise another round of talks between America and Iran over the weekend, but the Trump administration declined to send a delegation. Despite prices notching up on Monday, the oil market has remained relatively sanguine, mostly thanks to the glut of crude exported from the Gulf of Mexico in recent weeks.

JUL 13, 2026 - Merco Press

Brazilian Secretariat General of the Presidency Guilherme Boulos, chief minister of and a figure close to President Luiz Lula da Silva, called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” on the social media platform X after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Lula. Milei confirmed his schedule during a radio interview. Besides the event in São Paulo, where the Liberal Party will proclaim Flávio Bolsonaro as its candidate ahead of the October 4 election, the Argentine leader said he intends to travel to Brasília to visit former President Jair Bolsonaro, the senator's father. That visit, however, is not assured: the former leader is under house arrest after being sentenced to 27 years for leading a coup attempt, and a meeting would require special authorization from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

JUL 13, 2026 - Reuters

Europe has imported jet fuel from the U.S. and Asia, raised its refiners' output and drawn on stocks to keep planes flying – and yet it remains the region most exposed as renewed Middle Eastern tension raises the risk of further ‌supply disruption. Britain, France and Germany are particularly vulnerable in a continent where decades of refinery closures left it more reliant than most on Middle Eastern shipments via the Strait of Hormuz. Data from consultancy Energy Aspects dated June 18 already anticipates a supply deficit across Europe of nearly 600,000 barrels per day in the third quarter, against surpluses of 116,000 bpd in the United States and 425,000 bpd ⁠in Asia-Pacific. Inventories stood at 38 million barrels at the start of June, compared with 99 million in the United States, Energy Aspects said. That leaves Europe with less than 30 days of demand cover, Reuters calculations show — the tightest of the major jet fuel markets.

JUL 13, 2026 - Clickpetroleoegas.com.br

Few accounts in Brazil are as uncomfortable as the Angra 3 nuclear plant (66% complete). Finishing it will cost about R$ 24 billion (US$ 4.68 B), practically the same as abandoning it altogether. And the decision needs to be made just as the world rediscovers nuclear energy because of artificial intelligence. Construction began in 1984 but stopped. The idle plant consumes about R$ 1 billion (US$ 195 million) annually, with approximately R$ 800 million (US$ 156 million) just for debt service, plus equipment maintenance and salaries. Completing the plant will require around R$ 24 billion (US$ 4.68 B) in additional investment. Abandoning it isn’t cheap estimated at approximately R$ 24 billion (US$ 4.68 B). In other words, Brazil is already in a position where spending more seems as inevitable as losing what has already been spent, about R$ 12 billion (US$ 2.24 B) sunk so far.