(Bloomberg, 11.May.2022) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro replaced his Energy Minister just days after state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA ignored his plea to not raise fuel […]
Tag: Bento Albuquerque
Brazil Warns Of Energy Crisis
(Reuters, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque is warning that the country’s energy crisis is worse than previously thought, as a record […]
Drought May Force Brazil To Ration Power
(Reuters, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Wednesday a severe drought could lead to energy rationing in Brazil, contradicting other officials who […]
LatAm Briefs: Petrobras Swears In CEO, Aker’s Mero 1 Project Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Petrobras hosting an inauguration or swearing in ceremony for its […]
Brazil Eyes Oil Industry Reforms To Lure Investors
(S&P Global, 31.Dec.2020) — Brazil needs to continue making important oil industry reforms in 2021 to remain as one of the world’s top destinations for […]
Brazil To Discuss OPEC With Saudi Arabia In July
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Jan.2020) — Brazil will discuss potential cooperation with OPEC on the sidelines of a Group of 20 event scheduled to be held […]
Brazil Looks To Smooth Impact Of Oil Price Spikes
(Reuters, 6.Jan.2020) — Brazil’s government is working on a policy to reduce the local impact of spikes in international oil prices, officials said on Monday, […]
Rosneft Head Sechin Attends BRICS Summit In Brazil
(Rosneft, 15.Nov.2019) — During the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the BRICS summit in Brazil, the Chief Executive Officer […]
Big Oil Stuns Brazil In Back-to-back Auction Flops
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 7.Nov.2019) — Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row on Thursday, […]
TOR Record R$70bn Bonuses
(ANP, 6.Nov.2019) — The Transfer of Rights Surplus Bidding Round, held today (November 6) by ANP, had two of the four areas on offer acquired […]
What A Mammoth Oil Auction Means for Brazil
(Americas Quarterly, Naki Mendoza, 5.Nov.2019) — A pre-salt auction 20 years in the making could have broad repercussions for the economy and Jair Bolsonaro’s government. […]
Brazil Approves Natgas Market Overhaul
(Reuters, 24.Jun.2019) — Brazil’s energy policy council on Monday approved a plan to overhaul the domestic natural gas market, with the country’s Mines and Energy […]
Brazil And Peru Ink Energy Cooperation Declaration
(Brazilian Government, 7.Mar.2019) — Brazil and Peru will intensify cooperation in the energy sector. The Ministers of Mines and Energy of the two countries, Bento […]