The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, stated that he trusts Eletrobras’ capitalization plan this year.
“In 2022, we will continue the energy and mining auctions, while consolidating our agenda to modernize the electricity sector, distributed generation, capitalization of Eletrobras, the offshore wind policy and the hydrogen policy,” he said. the minister.
Albuquerque participated in the event “Visions for the Energy Future of Brazil”, organized by the Credit Suissethis Thursday (3).
On Thursday afternoon (3), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) denied, in a note, the alleged undervaluation of the Eletrobras grant, reported by other vehicles on Wednesday (2).
The MME said that it did not have access to the study mentioned in the published articles.
“The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Economy reaffirm that the studies sent to the TCU reliably express the result of the grant value”.
In order to seek partnerships and foreign investments, during the Credit Suisse event, Minister Bento Albuquerque spoke about the auctions in the Energy sector that took place in 2021 and the collection from the sale of Union assets.
“In partnership with the National Congress, we are following the journey that made possible the two largest oil and gas auctions in the world,” he said.
“We achieved historic revenue with the sale of Union oil, obtaining significant premiums and the value of R$ 25 billion by 2025”, he added.
Bento Albuquerque also mentioned Petrobras during his speech. According to him, the mixed capital company brings good investment potential due to the new focuses it is taking.
“We are also continuing with the divestments of Petrobras, which in addition to allowing the company to focus on the pre-salt layer, has contributed to the diversification of agents in natural gas and refining,” he said.
The Minister of Mines and Energy gave the opening speech of the event, through a recorded transmission, which lasted about 15 minutes.
Among the other topics explored, Albuquerque also mentioned the natural gas market and fossil fuel production expectations.
“We had the creation of an open and dynamic market for natural gas, whose production has already grown by around 19% in this three-year period, fostering investments and the generation of jobs and income”, he declared.
“The total collection, in government participation, is in the order of R$ 254 billion, the highest ever recorded. We will continue to work effectively in 2022 on planning and offering in the auctions of areas for oil and natural gas in the form of permanent offer”, he added.
Source: CNN Brasil
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