# ANP hears views on access to gas pipelines and processing plants

> A public hearing considered draft rules for third-party access to infrastructure that gathers and processes Brazil’s natural gas.

- **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/acesso-de-terceiros-a-gasodutos-de-escoamento-e-instalacoes-de-processamento-de-gas-natural-e-debatido-em-audiencia-publica)
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## Hearing held on 1 October

ANP said the hearing addressed non-discriminatory, negotiated access to production-gathering pipelines and natural-gas treatment or processing facilities. The agency published its account on 2 October.

[Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP)](https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/noticias-comunicados/acesso-de-terceiros-a-gasodutos-de-escoamento-e-instalacoes-de-processamento-de-gas-natural-e-debatido-em-audiencia-publica)

## Draft follows gas law

The proposal is part of ANP’s 2025–2026 regulatory agenda and implements Article 28 of the New Gas Law, Law 14,134/2021. The hearing sought public contributions to improve the draft; it did not itself make the rules final.

[Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP)](https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/noticias-comunicados/acesso-de-terceiros-a-gasodutos-de-escoamento-e-instalacoes-de-processamento-de-gas-natural-e-debatido-em-audiencia-publica)

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