Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice is considering one of the most consequential environmental and energy cases currently before the judiciary: whether oil and natural gas from unconventional reservoirs may be developed through hydraulic fracturing — and, if so, under...

In the first week of September, the International Maritime Organization concluded the 22nd meeting of its intersessional working group on greenhouse gases without agreeing on the text of the carbon pricing mechanism under the Net-Zero Framework. Thirty-eight countries...

Brazil's Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) approved the structure of the auction documents for MUC04, the new container terminal at the Port of Fortaleza, marking the resumption of tenders for terminals of this type after two decades. The contract will have a 25-year...

Changes in global trade, energy production and commodity demand are reshaping the volume, composition and geographic distribution of cargo handled by Brazilian ports. Brazilian ports moved a record 1.4 billion tonnes in 2025, representing growth of 6.1% over the...

IBAMA has authorized Petrobras to drill three additional wells in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. The wells—Manga, Crotalus and PAD Morpho—are intended to help delimit the discovery announced at the Morpho well in block FZA-M-59, approximately 175 kilometers off the coast...

Brazil’s offshore industry continues to identify a tax and customs gap affecting the transition from decommissioning to dismantling, recycling and final disposal of offshore assets. Repetro was designed primarily to facilitate the entry and use of equipment in oil and...

Brazil’s shipbuilding industry is entering a new growth cycle after approximately a decade of severe contraction, supported by renewed orders for merchant vessels, offshore support units, gas carriers, barges, push boats and defense assets. The Petrobras System...

Petrobras is evaluating the potential to export natural gas produced in the pre-salt to international markets, particularly Asia, as domestic offshore gas production increases. One concept under consideration involves liquefying natural gas offshore through floating...

The Brazilian Supreme Court resumed the trial that will define the boundary between independent contracting and employment in app-based work. The Labor Prosecution Office argued for a case-by-case assessment considering control, remuneration, penalties and algorithmic...