• How has Brazil moved from difficult oil exploration to offshore discoveries?
  • How has Brazil moved from difficult oil exploration without very convincing results to major offshore discoveries whose production is expected to grow over the next decades, placing Brazil among the top eight world producers in 2040 according to the 2017 World Energy Outlook (WEO) ?
  • Will Petrobras drill in the equatorial margin?
  • The most recent flare-up of the Amazon oil debate concerns plans by state-controlled giant Petrobras to drill at oil reserves in the so-called Equatorial Margin ¡ª a region which encompasses the northern and northeastern coasts of Brazil, oil fields in Suriname and Guyana, and exploration areas close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
  • Why did Petrobras build a high-tech drilling rig in Brazil?
  • Petrobras created a demand for almost 30 high-tech drilling rigs to be built in Brazil (a first time-ever endeavor) and several FPSOs for the pre-salt in the longer term. In addition, shuttle tankers were needed for moving crude oil and oil products. Inadequate capabilities.
  • Is Brazil waging an internal war over oil exploration?
  • At the same time, however, Brazil is waging an internal war over the same issue. One eye is on the high potential profits, and the other is on severe environmental risks. But the controversy over oil exploration in the Brazilian Amazon is not new, being a subject of debate, irregularities, crimes, and deaths for decades.
  • What was the main objective of the Brazilian oil industry?
  • Until the 1970s, when Brazil was under a dictatorial regime, most investments were concentrated downstream, aiming at the construction of a refining park in Brazil. The main objective was to make the Brazilian oil industry vertical .
  • Does Brazil’s oil & gas industry need more scrutiny?
  • As Brazil¡¯s fossil fuel industry eyes expansion, closer scrutiny of the consequences of air pollution from oil, gas, and coal, especially on communities living near oil and gas facilities, is urgently needed.