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June 15 (Reuters) - The International Maritime Organization's decision defining Brazilian corn ethanol's carbon footprint is a landmark step that could position maritime transport as a major future market for the sector, industry executives told Reuters. In May, the IMO defined the default value of Brazilian corn ethanol's carbon footprint at 20.8 grams of carbon... Continue Reading →
Brazil, June 3 (Reuters) - The cars navigating Brazil's crowded streets currently powered by sugarcane or corn-based ethanol could before long run on a cornucopia of fuels made from grains, tubers and other exotic feedstocks. A new wave of biofuel innovation is sweeping the nation, with developers in unexpected corners of the country's farm sector... Continue Reading →
May 22 (oilprice.com) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explicitly linked oil exploration and rare-earth mining to Brazil's national sovereignty, declaring that the country’s subsoil resources must be used to drive domestic industrialization rather than enrich foreign nations. Speaking at Petrobras’(NYSE:PBR) giant refinery, Refinaria de Paulínia (Replan), in São Paulo, Lula emphasized that Brazil must actively... Continue Reading →
April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil will announce an increase in the mandatory ethanol mix in gasoline to 32% from 30% in the coming days, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday, also noting that the biodiesel blend is set to be raised to 16% from 15%. The Energy and Mines Ministry had previously... Continue Reading →
April 30 - Petrobras' average production of oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and natural gas in the first quarter of 2026 reached a record 3.23 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboed). This figure is 3.7% higher than the fourth quarter of 2025 and 16.1% higher than the first quarter of last year, mainly... Continue Reading →
April 30 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday she expects state oil firm Pemex (PEMX.UL) and its Brazilian counterpart Petrobras to reach an agreement, after Brazil's president pitched a partnership earlier this year. Sheinbaum told her regular morning press conference she would travel to Brazil to sign a deal with President Luiz Inacio... Continue Reading →
April 26 (Reuters) - Brazilian fuel and sugar company Raizen sent an alternative proposal to creditors as it tries to iron out terms of a 65 billion-real ($13.05 billion) debt restructuring, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The company told creditors it is in talks to raise up to 5 billion reais in fresh capital, the report... Continue Reading →
April 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian researchers at the Maua Institute of Technology will begin tests to investigate the viability of raising the blend of biodiesel in diesel to 20% in May, Renato Romio, manager of the institute's vehicles division, said on Thursday. Brazil is a powerhouse producer of biofuels from raw materials soy and sugarcane,... Continue Reading →
April 10 (Reuters) - Brazil's ethanol makers are ready to raise output if the government hikes the legal mix of anhydrous ethanol blended with gasoline from 30% to 32% this year, industry figures said, adding that production is heading towards a record. Brazil's government wants to raise the ethanol blend to 32% in the first... Continue Reading →
March 20 (Reuters) - As widening conflict in the Middle East roils global energy markets, one city in southern Brazil is planning to run more of its municipal fleet on an innovative homegrown biofuel designed to replace diesel entirely. Nestled among rolling expanses of soybean farms in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the... Continue Reading →
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