(Reuters, 27.Jan.2021) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday urged truckers not to strike on Feb. 1, suggesting he could lower diesel costs with tax breaks as he seeks to […]
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PPSA Sale Plan Stokes Oil Contract Debate
(Argus, 12.Aug.2020) — The Brazilian government’s plan to sell state-owned pre-salt marketing company PPSA has stalled amid congressional foot-dragging over a change in pre-salt contract terms. Addressing reporters late yesterday, […]
Bolsonaro Wants To Privatize Petrobras
(Reuters, 21.Aug.2019) — The economic team of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wants to privatize state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA before the end of his term in 2022, Brazilian newspaper […]
Bolsonaro Said Wanting To Privatize Petrobras: Rpt
(Reuters, 21.Aug.2019 ) — The economic team of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wants to privatize state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA before the end of his term in 2022, Brazilian […]
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 Minister Bento Albuquerque saying that […]
Brazil Sets October Oil Auction Signing Bonus Of $26.9 Bln – Minister
(Reuters, 17.Apr.2019 — Brazil’s government will require a signing bonus of 106 billion reais ($26.9 billion) in an Oct. 28 auction of excess oil from the so-called transfer-of-rights area in […]
Petrobras To Be Led By Privatisation Advocate
(AP, 21.Nov.2018) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named pro-market reformer Roberto Castello Branco, as future chief executive of the country’s state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, on Monday. Castello Branco, a former […]