Insights

The practical guide to selling into Brazil’s energy market.

No paywalled fluff — the guides we wish existed when foreign suppliers first asked us “where do we start?”. First guides are in production, publishing weekly. Coming up:

  1. How to Register as a Petrobras Supplier: Step-by-Step for Foreign Companies (2026)
  2. Where Petrobras Tenders Are Published — and How to Track Them in English
  3. Brazil Local Content Requirements for Oil & Gas: Rules, Percentages, Penalties
  4. Petrobras CRC Explained — Does a Foreign Supplier Need One?
  5. Sell to Petrobras Without a Brazilian Entity: Local Rep vs. Distributor vs. Subsidiary
  6. Petronect in English: How Petrobras’ Procurement Portal Actually Works
  7. Petrobras Vessel Tenders (AHTS / PSV / RSV): How Foreign Owners Participate
  8. The US$109bn Plan: Where the Purchase Orders Will Land
  9. Documents Checklist: Petrobras Supplier Registration for Foreign Companies
  10. Petrobras Pre-Qualification (CEP) in Plain English
  11. The RLCP — Petrobras’ Bidding Rules in Plain English
  12. Common Mistakes Foreign Suppliers Make on Brazilian Tenders
  13. Brazil Oil & Gas Market Entry: a Realistic Year-One Budget
  14. How to Vet a Brazilian Agent or Distributor: Due Diligence Checklist
  15. Beyond Petrobras: Selling to Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies and EPCs in Brazil

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