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) |
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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
| 19 Oct 26 |
Brazil: Petrobras platform P-82 (Búzios 10) begins its journey to Brazil The P-82 platform left the Tuas Boulevard Yard shipyard in Singapore this Sunday (October 18th), heading towards the Búzios field in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin , the largest field in Brazil in terms of reserves and production. The P-82 is part of a set of six giant Petrobras platforms, with a nominal capacity to produce 225,000 bdp and compress 12 million cubic meters of gas, among the largest in the world industry. |
| 15 Oct 26 |
Brazil: TMC Compressors (TMC) to deliver the compressed air system to the Maromba FPSO offshore Brazil TMC Compressors (TMC) will deliver the compressed air system to the Maromba floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) that is undergoing an upgrade prior to deployment offshore Brazil. |
| 13 Oct 26 |
Brazil: TGS announces the Pelotas Sul Phase 2 multi-client 3D survey offshore southern Brazil TGS, in joint venture with SLB, has announced the Pelotas Sul Phase 2 multi-client 3D survey offshore southern Brazil. The survey will cover approx. 11,200 sq kms. |
| 07 Oct 26 |
Brazil: TechnipFMC awarded flexibles contract by Petrobras TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant subsea contract by Petrobras, following a competitive bidding process, to supply flexible pipe systems supporting developments offshore Brazil. |
| 05 Oct 26 |
Brazil: Petrobras makes new oil discovery in ultra-deep waters off the Coast of Amapá Petrobras has found another oil-bearing interval in the Morpho well (1-BRSA-1405-APS), which constitutes a new discovery in block FZA-M-59, located in ultra-deep waters off the coast of the state of Amapá, at a water depth of 2,886 meters. |
Brazil - more news
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
