Regulatory News of the Brazilian Gas Market

Cátedra do Gas, research and development project of the Institute for Energy and Environment (IEE), USP

Buy The year 2017 is without a doubt memorable. The Petroleum Law completes 20 years of promulgation and together brings important reflection on the role of Petrobras in the oil and gas sector in face of its divestment plan. The Gas Law is eight years old and, in parallel, the Federal Government carries out the 'Gas to Grow' initiative with the participation of the various agents of the sector. We can therefore see a boil of possible proposals to change these norms in the face of current contributions and discussions. Throughout the book it was possible to verify the changes that have occurred in the national gas industry since the edition of the Petroleum Law, which took place in 1997, and also the promulgation of the Gas Law in 2009. Since then, gas in Brazil has taken on significant proportions due to the growing demand in recent years, although we are still far from desirable in terms of comprehensive gas use and at competitive prices. In addition, the pre-salt production expectation, although it has not yet had accurate data, can increase the supply of this energy, which has been pointed as a transition fuel for a world with a predominance of renewable energy sources. Thus, this book, as a collective work, presents analyzes related to the natural gas market in Brazil in its various stages. It was developed by researchers from the Institute of Energy and Environment of the University of São Paulo (IEE / USP) and the Fapesp Shell Research Center for Gas Innovation (RCGI), based in USP. The result of a partnership between the Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) and Shell, RCGI promotes high-level scientific research for the development of the energy sector. to provide readers with an overview of the problem addressed, with clearly delineated objectives and regulatory developments especially based on the 'Gas for Growth' initiative. The pioneering of this work certainly brings the public the possibility of having didactic access to the topic, which has been the subject of debates since mid-2016 and will continue in the agenda of the sector in the months that follow, since the Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced possible draft bill to be sent to the Executive Branch and, consequently, to the Legislative Branch. In addition, the chapters approached in a didactic way the various norms issued by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) and The capitular structure of the book was intended to go through the gas value chain historically, not forgetting the technical, regulatory and economic aspects peculiar to the network industry. The first chapter was devoted to the constitutional aspects related to the theme. The second chapter presented the legislative evolution and detailed the context of the 'Gas to Grow' initiative. The third chapter brought the relevance of the understanding of infrastructure sharing, such as those related to gas processing, to the expansion of competition in the sector. Chapter four included topics pertaining to gas transportation, and the fifth explored both taxes and government participation. Chapters six and seven addressed issues of environmental optics and unconventional gas. The last chapters focus on challenges with concrete case perspectives. In this line, the eighth chapter analyzed the free market of the case and its regulation in the Brazilian States and within the federal legislation. The chapters nine and ten counted on the participation of authors from the Institute of Economy of the Federal University of Rio de January, demonstrating the rich interaction between universities and research groups. And, chapter eleven concludes by comparing the regulatory history of the gas industry of the United States and Brazil. The book is therefore an important scientific contribution to the gas sector, serving as a foundation for the future that follows , since the discussions of the 'Gás para Crescer' initiative will certainly proceed to spheres of the legislative process with the introduction of important normative modifications. Thus, the unbiased contributions of the academy in the reflection on the subject bring the enrichment of informative and analytical content for the continuity of the debate and for confronting issues that are still obstacles to the broad development of the gas market in Brazil. The present book, therefore, more than unpublished, is current, and serves as a base for the reflections that will follow in Brazil over time.