Petrobras Gasoline Imports set to Rise
Imports of gasoline and diesel are set to rise substantially next year at Petrobras, as refinery capacity fails to keep...
September 4, 2012Topic
ethanol
Transpetro Launches Third PROMEF Ship
Petrobras Transporte S.A. (Transpetro), a subsidiary of Petrobras received a new product shipment vessel made by PROMEF, which launched in...
July 10, 2012
Ethanol Industry Faces Crisis in Brazil: Daily
The ethanol industry used to fuel a large percent of vehicles on the roads of Brazil is in a state...
July 2, 2012
Surplus Rice Used as Bio-fuel in Brazil
Agribusiness in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, is pioneering a project which uses byproducts from the rice industry to...
March 13, 2012
US Opens Market for Brazilian Ethanol
Brazilian ethanol exports may increase by tenfold over the next decade, due to demand as U.S. dropped its ethanol import...
December 27, 2011
Shell, Cosan in US$12b Biofuels Deal
By Tim Anderson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell and their Brazilian partner Cosan...
February 22, 2011
Sugar Recovers but Will Ethanol?
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_13561" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A field of sugarcane, photo by Simeon."][/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO -...
November 3, 2009
Brazilian Drivers Reject Biofuel
By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_13146" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ethanol is derived from sugarcane, image by www.energiasrenovaveis.wordpress.com."][/caption] RIO DE...
October 27, 2009
Brazil Limits Sugarcane Growth
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_11218" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ethanol and sugar production plant in Piracicaba, photo by Mario Roberto...
September 22, 2009