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New Guidelines Strengthen Fuel Market Oversight

CNPE resolution establishes new rules to combat fraud and adulteration in the fuel market

ANP Rejects Capixaba Energia's Request For Small Producer Classification

Regulator maintains the company's status as a medium-sized operator until the next annual classification

Petrobras Postpones Búzios 12 FPSO Construction Tender

The P-79 was the eighth platform to begin operations at the Búzios field

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

ONS Deems 1st Type III Power Plants Curtailment Successful

Report cites 2 GW reduction and identifies improvements to the mechanism, including challenges faced by distribution utilities

CNPE Backs Request Regarding Angra 3’s Debt Payments

Initiative supports Eletronuclear’s request for BNDES and Caixa to assess temporary suspension of the plant’s debt payments; Council also establishes guidelines for studies on nuclear fuel prices

Mercurio Acquires 208 Engine-Generator Units For Pilar Thermal Power Plant

Equipment will support the 250-MW project awarded in Brazil's 2026 Capacity Reserve Auction (LRCAP 2026)

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

From The Media

JUL 14, 2026 - Reuters / Al Jazerra

Oil prices rose to the highest level in four weeks on Tuesday (July 14), as the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade of Iran and the two countries stepped up attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Oil traders who had been pricing in a rapid return to normal in the Gulf should be alarmed by the U.S. and Iran's new rival blockades, with the world's oil safety cushion now dramatically depleted. Meanwhile, Iranians who were pushing for a negotiated settlement have been sidelined after the latest round of escalation with the US, says Fereshteh Sadeghi, a Tehran-based journalist. “The reformists that support President Pezeshkian were really optimistic that Trump would remain committed to US promises made in the MoU. But this optimism evaporated when the US announced the return of sanctions and cancelled oil waivers. Those Iranians who wanted a peaceful resolution with the US “have lost all their voice and arguments”, said Sadeghi.

JUL 14, 2026 - Argus Media

A lowering of Brazilian tariffs against ethanol is off the table in current US-Brazil trade negotiations, Brazil Trade Minister Marcio Elias Rosa said ahead of a Wedneday (July 15) deadline for a new set of US Section 301 tariffs against Brazil. Brazil charges an 18% rate on ethanol imports, regardless of origin. Ethanol market access in Brazil is among concerns that could warrant the return of a 25% tariff on Brazil goods to be decided by July 15, the US Trade Representative's office (USTR) has said. The added tariff would bring the total US rate on Brazilian ethanol to 37.5%, up from the baseline tariff of 2.5% prior to US president Donald Trump's Liberation Day. US industry groups in last week’s hearing urged USTR to go beyond just applying a 25% tariff, arguing the government should also remove barriers for crediting US ethanol imports under Brazil’s Renovabio program.

JUL 14, 2026 - Au.finance.yahoo.com

Australian Solis Minerals CEO Mitch Thomas told Proactive about the start of diamond drilling at the company's wholly owned Mandacaru Lithium Project (in Brazil’s state of Bahia) and the exploration milestones expected across its wider portfolio. Thomas said Solis Minerals had moved quickly from acquiring the Brazilian project package to beginning drilling, with the company now testing what it considers its highest-priority lithium target. The initial campaign comprises approximately 10 diamond drill holes for a total of 2,000 metres. The program is targeting an approximately 800-metre-long lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite corridor identified at surface. Drilling is designed to assess the continuity and geometry of the pegmatites and determine whether the system hosts spodumene mineralisation at depth.

JUL 14, 2026 - Valorinternational.globo.com

Shell currently is in nearly 70 blocks in Brazil, producing around 500,000 barrels of oil per day, making Shell the country’s second-largest oil producer, behind only Petrobras. In 2025, the company invested R$ 12.5 billion (US$ 2.46 B) in Brazil. “Shell has never invested as much in Brazil as it did in 2025. The country has become the group’s largest oil-producing operation worldwide,” Shell Brasil CEO Cristiano Pinto da Costa said. Among key investments made during his tenure was the development of the Orca project (formerly Gato do Mato) in the Santos Basin pre-salt region. Shell also acquired acreage in licensing rounds covering the southern portion of the Santos Basin and the Pelotas Basin, between the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, in partnership with Petrobras.