(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Sep.2021) — Brazil’s oil regulator ANP published on 24 September 2021 Resolution No. 852/2021, which regulates activities related to the production of oil products and natural gas, as well as their storage, sell, and provision of services. The resolution will take effect on 1 October.
The objective is to simplify the regulatory process and reduce costs for agents and for the ANP itself, maintaining the best operational safety practices in the production of derivatives, the ANP said in an official statement on 24 September.
The new standard unifies the regulatory framework for the production of oil derivatives and natural gas, consolidating the activities of oil refining (ANP Resolution No. 16/2010), natural gas processing (ANP Resolution No. 17/2010), gasoline formulation and diesel oil (ANP Resolution No. 5/2012) and fuel production in petrochemical plants (ANP Ordinances No. 84/2001 and No. 317/2001).
Altogether, 11 normative acts are being revoked (the five aforementioned and another six ancillary ones).
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