ANP updates rules for technical data acquisition
Brazil’s regulator revised its technical-data framework to cover emerging subsurface activities and clarify how data companies and consortia operate.
- Publish date: 2026-10-02
- Category: Standards & Policy
- Original source: Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP)
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Scope expands
ANP approved a revision of Resolution 889/2022 on 2 October. The new scope includes geoscientific data work for underground gas storage, natural-hydrogen exploration and identifying formations for geological carbon storage.
Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP)
Authorizations and accountability
The update sets procedures for data-acquisition wells in uncontracted federal areas, recognizes consortia of data-acquisition companies and requires more detailed reports on non-exclusive data sales. ANP says existing confidentiality rules remain in force.
Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP)