Under terms of the latest agreement, Petrobras will receive $3.253 billion and own a 39.5% operating stake in the Atapu Field, which pumped first oil in June 2020.

Russia’s Ambassador to Bolivia, Mikhail Ledenev, and representatives of the Bolivian Ministry of International Affairs accompanied by Alexey Altynov, Vice President of JSC Rusatom Overseas, on 24 March visited the construction site of the Centre for Nuclear Technology Research and Development (CNTRD) in El Alto situated 4,000 metres above sea level.

Overall, the company plans to invest US$2.7bn in 2021 (+73% compared with a previous plan), of which 80% will be aimed at boosting oil and gas production in its fields,

Gas distribution and the operation of gas pipelines will switch from a concession regime to a regime of authorizations granted by the oil and gas regulator ANP.

The construction of Angra-3 started in the 1980s but was halted owing to a lack of resources.

According to the Brazilian Association for Distributed Generation (ABGD), the DG segment will grow by over 50% during this year, closing 2021 with an installed capacity of more than 7GW.

According to the Ministry of Energy of Chile, 94 power projects with a combined capacity of 6,016 MW are expected to be connected to the National Electric System in 2021, for a total investment of over US$10,450m.

At the end of 2020, Engie's gross renewable energy capacity amounted to 31 GW, including 57% of hydropower and 43 % of wind and solar.

Petrobras pumped an average of 2.28 million b/d in 2020, beating the previous record of 2.23 million b/d set in 2015, the company said.

Total OECD indigenous production of crude oil, NGL and refinery feedstocks decreased by 7.3% in September 2020 compared to September 2019.

Total OECD indigenous production of natural gas decreased by 3.5% in September 2020 compared to September 2019

Brazil’s Northeast region concentrates the largest number of wind parks in the whole country thanks to its favourable conditions.

Влияние стран БРИКС на международной арене возрастает ввиду растущей экономической мощи государств-участников – сегодня страны БРИКС составляют почти четверть общемирового ВВП, больше трети мирового потребления и производства энергии.

The deposit - located in the interior of the state of Ceará - is the largest discovered uranium reserve in Brazil. An estimated 142,200 tonnes of uranium is inter-mixed with phosphates. The deposit has exploitable reserves of 79.5 million tonnes of ore, at grades of 11% P2O5 and 0.0998% U3O8, equating to about 8.9 million tonnes of P2O5 and 79.3 thousand tonnes of U3O8.

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