# 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.

- **Source date:** 2026-10-02
- **Original source:** [Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP)](https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/noticias-comunicados/anp-revisa-resolucao-sobre-aquisicao-de-dados-tecnicos)
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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)](https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/noticias-comunicados/anp-revisa-resolucao-sobre-aquisicao-de-dados-tecnicos)

## 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)](https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/noticias-comunicados/anp-revisa-resolucao-sobre-aquisicao-de-dados-tecnicos)

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