By Brazil Stock Guide – Brava Energia S.A. (B3: BRAV3) said Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has completed its audit of operations in the Potiguar Basin and ordered a temporary shutdown of facilities that had already been halted during the inspection process.
The company estimated the production impact at 3,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in October — equivalent to 3.8% of its average output in the third quarter of 2025. Despite the restriction, Brava said total production over the past 30 days remains above 90,000 barrels per day, already incorporating part of the impact from the closure.
Brava said investments to carry out the required safety and operational adjustments are already included in its 2025–2026 budget cycle. The company expects to complete the work and gradually resume operations in the affected units during the fourth quarter of 2025.
The decision came from the ANP’s Operational Safety Superintendence (SSO), which oversees technical and safety conditions in oilfields. Brava said it is “fully mobilized to safely and quickly implement all the required adjustments.”
The Potiguar Basin, spanning the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará, is one of Brazil’s main onshore production regions. The partial shutdown comes amid the regulator’s broader effort to tighten safety oversight among independent producers.
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer Rodrigo Pizarro said the company remains committed to “meeting all legal and regulatory requirements and continuously improving management standards to reach higher levels of safety and efficiency.”
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