On August 28, 2024, Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council ("CNPE") published CNPE Resolution No. 6/2024, announcing the exercise of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.’s ("Petrobras") preferential right to be the operator in the Jaspe...more
On August 27, 2024, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed five documents at a ceremony to approve the national energy transition policy: (i) revoking Decree 9.928/19, which established the Technical Committee...more
In order to promote transparency and predictability so that the market can direct its future investments more assertively, the Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels ("ANP") approved, through Board...more
On July 1, 2024, Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) initiated Public Consultation No. 02/2024 to receive contributions on the draft of the tender protocol for the Permanent Offer under the...more
In order to regulate the bidding procedure for granting exploration and production rights, ANP Resolution No. 969/2024 unified ANP Resolutions No. 24/2013 and No. 18/2015, which addressed, respectively, the bidding procedures...more
On May 29, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) published Resolution No. 322/2024, approving the geo-economic studies relating to four pre-salt blocks: (i)...more
On December 27th, 2023, the National Energy Policy Council ("CNPE") published Resolution No. 11/2023 ("Resolution") in the Official Gazette, authorizing the offer of 11 blocks in total in the production sharing regime under...more
On December 21, 2020, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”) published (i) Resolution No. 835/2020, which extends the effective term of certain ANP resolutions with measures related to the public...more