Brazil

Oil & Gas Trade

Petrobras’ Total Q4 Production Falls 10.5%, Sales and Exports Also Down

A logo of Brazil's state-run Petrobras oil company is seen at their headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 16, 2019.Brazilian state-run oil giant Pe…

Wind Farm

Voltalia Signs 940MW Brazilian Maintenance Deal

Voltalia has been selected by Brazilian utility Copel to provide maintenance services for connections for six wind farms, totalling 940MW, located in Rio Grande…

Battery

Brazil’s Energy Storage Auction to Attract $450M in Investments

The auction aims to boost Brazil’s grid reliability by integrating energy storage for wind and solar power.Brazil is set to conduct its first auction for …

Crude Oil

MODEC’s FPSO Staying Five More Years With Petrobras Offshore Brazil

FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis;Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has prolonged the assignment of a floating production, storage, and offload…

Battery

Brazil’s First Power Auction for Batteries Could Lead to $450 Million in Investments

Brazil's first-ever auction to add batteries and storage systems to its national power grid, scheduled for later this year, is seen generating $450 million …

Oil&Gas Drilling

UK Firm Secures Its Largest Ever Deal for Petrobras Field

Lee Robins, Business Unit Director for Instrumentation, Tracerco.UK-based Tracerco has secured multi-million-pound worth of contracts in Brazil, including the l…

Tidal Energy

Global OTEC and UFRJ Partner to Boost Brazil’s Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Global OTEC and Brazil’s COPPE/UFRJ have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing the country’s ocean thermal energy c…

Net Zero

Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Says Net-Zero Emissions Pledge Was ‘Never a Promise'

An aerial view shows cattle on a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019.The world's largest meatpacker, …

Nuclear Reactor

Angra 2 Agreement Targets Radiopharmaceutical Production

Operator Eletronuclear and the Brazilian Society of Nuclear Medicine have signed an agreement aimed at producing radioisotopes at Angra nuclear power plant'…

Offshore Wind Power

Brazilian President Enacts Offshore Wind Law, Vetoes Fossil Energy-Related Additions

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into law the bill recently passed by the Brazilian Senate that establishes regulations on a…

Wind Power Project

Brazil President Authorises Offshore Wind Development

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a bill authorizing the development of offshore wind farms in the country.The bill, signed into law on F…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Prosafe Signs $109 Million Contract Extension With Petrobras for Offshore Brazil Work

Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safe…

Nuclear Technology

Brazil to Get Nuclear Physical Security Training Centre

How the new training centre might lookA proposed centre providing training for specialists in physical protection systems for nuclear and radioactive installati…

Brazil

Port of açu and Yamna Earmark Land for 1 Mtpa Green Ammonia Plant

As disclosed, Yamna plans to establish a new ammonia plant with a production capacity of up to one million tons per year (mtpa) in the port industrial complex o…

Hydrogen Project

Brazil Shortlists 12 Hydrogen Hubs for $1BN Decarbonisation Fund Bid

Brazil has selected 12 low-carbon hydrogen hub projects to compete for $1bn of international funding.The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) on December 20 said …