Guides

Map of oil and gas buyers in Brazil beyond Petrobras: Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies, EPCs and FPSO contractors — and how to get on their lists.

A practical Brazilian distributor due diligence checklist: CNPJ, certidões, lawsuits, sanctions and red flags — plus what desk checks never catch.

Petrobras vessel tenders for AHTS, PSV and RSV explained: foreign-flag lots, circularização and blocking, REB, crewing rules — and how to bid.

The Petrobras investment plan 2026-2030 puts US$109bn in play. Where the purchase orders will land — subsea, vessels, FPSOs — and who issues them.

Petrobras tenders are not on PNCP. Where they are actually published — Petronect, the transparency portal, DOU — and how to track them in English.

Brazil oil and gas market entry, costed honestly: Petronect fees, translations, rep retainers and monitoring — realistic year-one ranges for foreign SMEs.

Bidding on Brazilian tenders trips up good suppliers: ten mistakes foreign companies keep making with Petrobras — registration, pricing, appeals — and fixes.

Yes, you can sell to Petrobras without a Brazilian entity. We compare the local rep, distributor and subsidiary routes on cost, control, tax and local content.

The Petrobras RLCP in plain English: how tenders run under Lei 13.303 — publication, bidding, negotiation, qualification and the five-day appeal phase.

Brazil local content requirements in 2026: current percentages by phase, what Lei 15.075 changed, ANP certification, and the penalties for missing targets.