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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 →
March 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian oil regulator ANP will tell state-run oil firm Petrobras to supply the diesel and gasoline volumes that the company would have auctioned this week in deals later canceled, it said on Thursday. This comes within a package of measures to monitor fuel stocks and imports and prevent possible supply problems, the... Continue Reading →
March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Corporation do Brasil and Cemvita, Inc. today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on integrated bio-methane (Renewable Natural Gas, RNG) and renewable bio-oil (FermOil™) projects in Brazil. The partnership is focused on accelerating the deployment of low-carbon, waste-based fuels and strengthening Brazil's position as a... Continue Reading →
March 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Ministry on Wednesday proposed that states scrap the ICMS state tax on diesel imports, with the federal government covering part of the resulting revenue losses. Speaking to reporters, Finance Ministry Executive Secretary Dario Durigan said the proposal would imply a revenue loss of about 3 billion reais ($576.89 million)... Continue Reading →
March 12, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the company’s adherence to the economic subvention for the commercialization of road diesel oil in Brazil’s national territory, established by Provisional Measure (MP) No. 1,340, dated March 12, 2026. Given the optional nature of... Continue Reading →
March 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's government scrapped taxes on diesel while imposing a levy on oil exports in a move on Thursday that could affect state-run oil firm Petrobras , as the country seeks to soften the blow of the recent spike in global oil prices. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration said the... Continue Reading →
March 9 (Reuters) - The sharp increase in energy prices as the war in the Middle East continues will drive Brazilian sugarcane processors to produce more ethanol and less sugar in the new season that will kick off in the coming weeks, analysts said on Monday. Raw sugar futures in the ICE exchange jumped more than 3%... Continue Reading →
March 9 (valorinternational.globo.com) Uncertainty stemming from the conflict in the Middle East still makes it impossible to identify a clear oil price trend, but Petrobras’s pricing policy will not change because of the crisis, company executives said in assessing the current geopolitical environment and its effects on Brazil. They said, however, that the oil giant... Continue Reading →
Oct. 3 (PN) The consortium formed by Heftos, a subsidiary of Azevedo & Travassos, and Colares Linhares announced that it has signed a contract with Petrobras for the construction of the Hydrogen Generation Unit at the Boaventura Complex (formerly Comperj), in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro. The contract is worth R$1.76 billion. The contract provides for... Continue Reading →
Aug 21 (Reuters) - China's Sinopec, reported a 39.8% drop in interim net profit due to lower oil prices, weaker fuel demand and as industry overcapacity weighs on margins at its chemicals business. Sinopec, the world's largest oil refiner by capacity, reported on Thursday a net income of 21.48 billion yuan ($2.99 billion) for January... Continue Reading →
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