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Brazilian Government's June Oil Production Share Reaches 330,000 Bpd

Government already accounts for 17% of total production under the production-sharing regime; PPSA estimates the figure could reach 20% by year-end

Petrobras & National Ocean Research Institute Sign Agreement

Memorandum of understanding paves the way for joint initiatives in technology, instrumentation and data management

Ibama Authorizes P-83 Installation At Búzios Field

Platform, also known as Búzios 11, is expected to begin operations in the Santos Basin pre-salt in the second half of 2027

Petrobras Plans To Work Closer With Russia On Equipment Standards

The MME asks the ANP to review proposal and draft agreement from Russia’s Energy Ministry on cooperation between Petrobras and ANO INTI on equipment compliance standards

Foz Do Amazonas Already Has Cost Petrobras US$ 300 M

Company is spending US$ 1 million per day to drill the Morpho well, located in deep waters in the state of Amapá’s Equatorial Margin

Eneva Finds Gas-Bearing Fluids In Amazonas Basin Well

Pioneer well began drilling in the AM-T-85 block in mid-July

ANP Distributes US$ 2.3 B In Special Participation For 2Q26

Federal government received US$ 1.14 B, while the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo and Amazonas received US$ 905.8 M and 20 municipalities received US$ 211.5 M

Petrobras & Halliburton Sign CCS Project Contract

Company will be responsible for drilling 4 onshore wells at the Barra do Furado Station in Quissamã (state of Rio de Janeiro). The wells are part of the São Tomé CCS pilot project

Equatorial Margin Discovery Welcomed By Industry

IBP & Abespetro highlighted the announcement’s importance for strengthening energy security and Brazil’s O&G supply chain. The new frontier could begin producing within a few years and replenish reserves and drive regional development

Petrobras Discovers Oil In Foz Do Amazonas Basin

Hydrocarbons were identified at a water depth of 2,886 meters in the Morpho well, off the coast of the state of Amapá

Argentina LNG Seeks RIGI Approval For US$ 51 B Project

The country's largest-ever project includes gas production from Vaca Muerta, dedicated transportation infrastructure, liquids processing and fractionation facilities, and two floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) units for export, with combined capacity of 12 million tonnes per year

Eneva Seeks Mix Of Industrial and Transportation Customers for LNG

The company is looking for customers for the 250,000 cubic meters per day of LNG that is no longer being taken by Vale

Eneva’s Profit Plunges 91% In 2Q26

The company posted net income of R$ 31.2 million (US$ 6.0 M) from April through June, compared with net income of R$ 364.5 million (US$ 70.3 M) in the same period last year

Environmental Groups Protest Oil Companies’ Profits

The People’s Press Conference action took place outside the headquarters of Eneva and Prio in Rio de Janeiro, with the aim of drawing attention to their earnings and climate impacts

Tupi Asset Reaches Cumulative Production Of 4 B Barrels

Petrobras reaches this milestone for the first time in its 73-year history with Tupi

Belo Monte Begins Reducing Reservoir Flow To Mitigate El Niño Impacts

Exceptional operation will continue through November and aims to preserve navigability, protect aquatic wildlife, and ensure reliability of Brazil’s power system

BNDES: US$ 24 M For Toyota’s Biofuels Development Center

Sorocaba (state of São Paulo) facility will focus on developing technologies for flex-fuel hybrid vehicles and expand the role of Brazilian engineering

Light & Cemig Receive Rating Upgrades From Fitch And S&P

Fitch upgrades Light, while S&P raises Cemig to the highest rating on Brazil’s national scale

EPE: Data Centers New Power-System Planning Challenge

Data-center demand projections through 2030 have increased by 2 GW in four months and could reach 20 GW over the next decade, according to the state-owned Energy Research Office

Transpetro To Transport Bunker Fuel By Barges In Rio De Janeiro

New transportation mode is part of the company’s strategy to expand logistics services for customers. First of 18 vessels enters final construction phase this month

Motiva Invests US$ 10 M In Electrified Fleet

Investment covers operational vehicles for highway, metro, and light rail concessions

Taesa Raises Tangará’s RAP To US$ 21.8 M After Energization

Energization of a synchronous condenser adds US$ 11 M to RAP and expands early operation of the project in Brazil’s North and Northeast

ONS Launches El Niño Section On Its Website

Content explains how the phenomenon is monitored and incorporated into planning for Brazil’s National Interconnected System

North & South End Of August EAR Forecast Above 80%

Reservoir storage levels are expected to remain stable across all regions of Brazil, according to the National System Operator

Lithium Ionic & PLS Brasil Close US$ 37.5 M Mineral Assets Deal

Canadian company's transaction reinforces focus on state of Minas Gerais projects

Axia Subscribes To R$ 1.5 B (US$ 288.85 M) In Eletronuclear Debentures

Funds will be used for the project to extend the operating life of the Angra 1 nuclear plant

Copel Restores Power Grid After Tornado Damage

State of Paraná utility restored power to all 603 customers affected by tornado in Piraí do Sul

MME Opens Needs Declaration Process For A-1, A-2 & A-3 Auctions

Deadline for submitting electricity demand declarations is August 21 and will support power procurement for supply between 2027 and 2029

Taesa Completes US$ 317 M Acquisition Of Energisa Transmission Assets

Companies announce completion of the transaction, adding R$ 305 million (US$ 59 M) in annual permitted revenue and 1,300 km of transmission lines to Taesa’s portfolio

L. America Reaches 10,000 Electric Buses In Operation

Santiago, São Paulo and Bogotá account for more than 7 K vehicles in the region's operating electric fleet

From The Media

AGO 19, 2026 - Merco Press

In the post-Maduro opening, what happens to money that ordinary Venezuelans, and the businesses hoping to reach them, actually move day to day? Three systems, cash, crypto, and card networks, have been quietly competing for years to fill the vacuum left by a collapsed bolívar. Faced with inflation that has, at various points, made the bolívar nearly worthless week to week, Venezuelan households turned to whatever held value. Dollars in cash. Colombian pesos near the border. And increasingly, stablecoins. Crypto adoption in Venezuela climbed sharply as the bolívar's purchasing power kept eroding, with USDT in particular becoming a de facto savings account for people who don't trust banks or the currency issued by their own government. That's not a niche behavior anymore. It's closer to a parallel financial system running underneath the official one.

AGO 19, 2026 - Atlanticcouncil.org

The largest oil supply shock on record has been a clarifying event for Latin America. The first is the windfall-versus-refined-trap divide. Countries with expandable, low-cost crude captured the price spike directly. Brazil, which opened its pre-salt to foreign operators in 2016, lifting a record 4.24 million barrels per day at a pre-salt breakeven near US$ 25 a barrel, converted higher prices into royalties and a narrower external deficit and is now read as key to energy security in the Americas; its ethanol fleet also held pump-price inflation to about 5 percent, against roughly 30 percent in the United States. The second channel is narrower and almost entirely Brazilian: the fertilizer shock. Brazil buys about 95 percent of its nitrogen abroad and imports its urea almost entirely; roughly 40 percent of it arrives through Hormuz. When the strait closed, urea prices doubled to over US$ 850 per ton before easing. The divide is institutional, not geological. Nitrogen is made from natural gas, and Brazil left its gas costly and its fertilizer industry unbuilt and was exposed to the fertilizer blow.

AGO 19, 2026 - Reuters

The El Niño weather pattern is strengthening and could develop into a "very strong" event that boosts temperatures, disrupts rainfall and poses risks to crops the world over, according to EarthDaily Global Crop Analyst Felippe Reis. “Overall, Australia and southern Brazil are currently the areas where we see some of the clearest emerging risks associated with the developing El Niño pattern: increasing dryness in Australia and excessive rainfall in Brazil’s wheat belt,” said Reis. He said the next few weeks will be key as several crops move into more weather-sensitive stage, and El Nino might bring impacts on yields and grain quality. UST Supply Chain Director Jonathan Colehower said climate events have already disrupted food supply chains and will drive higher prices with supply chains already stressed by tariff-driven sourcing disruptions, Strait of Hormuz shipping restrictions, and elevated fertilizer costs.”

AGO 19, 2026 - Downtoearth.org.in

Environment ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have called for greater international cooperation on energy access, conservation, environmentally friendly technologies, concessional finance and technology transfer. India’s energy storage industry has urged BRICS members Brazil, Russia and the United Arab Emirates to deepen cooperation on energy storage, supply chains and critical minerals. The twin developments come as the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting, held in New Delhi on Tuesday (August 18), adopted a joint statement covering sustainable lifestyles, forest and land management, circular economy and climate adaptation. The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) said that it had submitted recommendations to the Indian government focused on advanced energy storage technologies, resilient supply chains, critical mineral security, harmonised standards and joint demonstration projects.