South America / GoM
Country profile: Brazil
| Location: | Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean |
| Climate: | mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Terrain: | mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt |
| Size: | 8511965 sq. km total (Land area: 8456510 sq. km Water area: 55455 sq.km) |
| Population: | 191,908,598 |
| Languages: | Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages |
| Government: | federal republic |
| Capital city: | Brasilia |
| Legal system: | based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | real (BRL) |
| Licensing: |
Country profile
Brazil is the 10th largest energy consumer in the world and the third largest in the Western Hemisphere, behind the United States and Canada. Total primary energy consumption in Brazil has increased significantly in recent years. In addition, Brazil has made great strides in increasing its total energy production, particularly oil, over the past decade. Increasing domestic oil production has been a long-term goal of the Brazilian government.
The largest share of Brazil’s total energy consumption comes from oil (48 percent, including ethanol), followed by hydroelectricity (35 percent) and natural gas (7 percent). The large share of hydroelectricity in Brazil’s energy mix represents the dependence of electricity generation on hydroelectric dams. Natural gas is currently a small share of total energy consumption, but attempts to diversify electricity generation from hydropower to gas-fired power plants should cause natural gas consumption to grow in coming years.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 1 million bbl/day (2006 est.) | 9 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Consumption: | 2 million bbl/day (2006 est.) | 17 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Exports: | 278,400 bbl/day (2005) | |
| Imports: | 674,500 bbl/day (2004) | 8 billion cu m (2005) |
| Reserves: | 13 billion bbl (2007 est.) | 312 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
| Major fields: |
Brazil - recent news
| 29 Apr 24 |
Brazil: Perenco announces acquisition of Cherne and Bagre concessions, Campos Basin, Brazil Perenco Brazil has announced the acquisition of the Cherne and Bagre concessions from Petrobras. Following the closing of the transaction, expected in 2025, Perenco Brazil will implement an ambitious redevelopment plan to revitalise the assets, restart production to a target rate of 10,000-15,000 barrels of oil per day and unlock in excess of 50 mmstb of reserves. |
| 26 Apr 24 |
Brazil: PGS reveals comprehensive data coverage on nominated blocks in Santos Basin PGS offers comprehensive data coverage of several blocks newly approved for licensing in the Santos Basin. The Amazonita, Safira Oeste, and Safira Leste blocks, which lie in one of Brazil's most prolific offshore basins, have been approved by both ANP and CNPE for the upcoming Permanent Offer Sharing Round. |
| 24 Apr 24 |
Brazil: Scatec signs PPA with Statkraft for new 142 MW solar plant in Brazil Scatec, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Statkraft Energia do Brasil for a 142 megawatt (MW) solar plant in Minas Gerais, in Brazil. |
| 23 Apr 24 |
Brazil: Petrobras approves new opportunities to use resources from the Decarbonization Fund Petrobras' Decarbonization Fund will direct resources to installing photovoltaic plants in refineries. Total opportunities financed by the fund already have the potential to reduce emissions by more than 1.5 million tons of CO2 per year. |
| 22 Apr 24 |
Brazil: Seacrest Petroleo announces first quarter 2024 production and offtake update Seacrest Petroleo’s net production of oil and natural gas averaged 8,377 boepd in Q1 2024, 2% higher than the production in the Q4 of 2023, and 3.6 times the production in the Q1 of 2023. Production from the first two infill wells drilled at the Inhambu field has commenced. The Company is in the process of analysing the stabilised production performance and will apply the info to future wells as part of its 300-well infill drilling program, the largest such project onshore Brazil. |
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Other countries in this region
- Argentina,
- Aruba,
- Bahamas,
- Barbados,
- Belize,
- Bermuda,
- Bolivia,
- Canada,
- Chile,
- Colombia,
- Costa Rica,
- Cuba,
- Dominican Republic,
- Ecuador,
- Falklands,
- French Guiana,
- Grenada,
- Guatemala,
- Gulf of Mexico,
- Guyana,
- Honduras,
- Jamaica,
- Mexico,
- Nicaragua,
- Panama,
- Paraguay,
- Peru,
- Suriname,
- Trinidad,
- Uruguay,
- USA,
- Venezuela
