Table of contents Preface Andrew B Derman Thompson & Knight LLP 5 Introduction Dr Eduardo G Pereira STR Holding 7 General principles of Brazilian law Décio Pio Borges de Castro Marcelo Viveiros de Moura Pinheiro Neto 9 Key stakeholders Luis Pacheco Veirano Advogados 27 Regulatory framework Felipe Rodrigues Caldas Feres Giovani Ribeiro Loss Nilton Gomes de Mattos Neto Larissa de Faria Toledo Mattos Filho 41 107 Distribution network Felipe Rodrigues Caldas Feres Giovani Ribeiro Loss Nilton Gomes de Mattos Neto Larissa de Faria Toledo Mattos Filho 119 Gas stations 135 Edmar Luiz Fagundes de Almeida Marcelo Colomer Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Environment Luis Pacheco Veirano Advogados International gas and 63 LNG sale and purchase contracts Hannah Longley Baker Botts Pipeline contracts for gas and liquids Igor de Souza Tostes Luis Antonio Menezes da Silva Alexandre Montoni Eduardo Dodsworth Tranjan Villemor Amaral Advogados Infrastructure Alexandre Carlos Camacho Rodrigues National Agency of Petroleum Carlos Maurício Maia Ribeiro Vieira Rezende Advogados 83 157 Taxation 177 Camila Galvão Anderi Silva Diogo Martins Teixeira Fernando Tonanni Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados Joint ventures 193 Jose Virgilio Enei Daniel Szfyman Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados Law and jurisdiction Marcelo Viveiros de Moura Luis Cláudio Furtado Faria Pinheiro Neto 215 About the authors 233