By: Alexandre Calmon and Marcelo Frazão

In brief: natural gas production in Brazil

Regulation of natural gas production

  • Read the complete article published by Lexology here.

Topics:

  • Ownership and organisation – What is the ownership and organisational structure for production of natural gas (other than LNG)? How does the government derive value from natural gas production?
  • Regulatory framework – Statutory and regulatory framework and any relevant authorisations applicable to natural gas exploration and production.
  • Unconventional gas production – Are there different rules for, or any restrictions on, unconventional natural gas production (including fracking)?
  • Required security and guarantees – Are participants required to provide security or any guarantees to be issued with a licence to explore for or to store gas?

 

At a glance: natural gas pipeline transportation and storage in Brazil

Regulation of natural gas pipeline transportation and storage

  • Read the complete article published by Lexology here.

Topics:

  • Ownership and infrastructure – Ownership of natural gas pipeline transportation, and storage infrastructure.
  • Regulatory framework – Statutory and regulatory framework and any relevant authorisations applicable to the construction, ownership, operation and interconnection of natural gas transportation pipelines, and storage.
  • Land rights – How does a company obtain the land rights to construct a natural gas transportation or storage facility? Is the method for obtaining land rights to construct natural gas distribution network infrastructure broadly similar?
  • Access – How is access to the natural gas transportation system and storage facilities arranged? How are tolls and tariffs established?
  • Interconnection and expansion – Can customers, other natural gas suppliers or an authority require a pipeline or storage facilities owner or operator to expand its facilities to accommodate new customers? If so, who bears the costs of interconnection or expansion?
  • Processing – Statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the processing of natural gas to extract liquids and to prepare it for pipeline transportation.
  • Contracts – The contractual regime for transportation and storage.