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
| 12 Mar 25 |
Brazil: With Petrobras technology, Riograndense Refinery is the first to produce fuels with cellulosic content in Brazil The Riograndense Refinery successfully carried out a co-processing test of 5% biomass pyrolysis oil or bio-oil (non-food biomass raw material) with mineral filler. As a result, the refinery, located in Rio Grande (RS) and in which Petrobras, Ultra and Braskem have equity interests, became the first in the country capable of producing fuels with cellulosic content. |
| 04 Mar 25 |
Brazil: Nordex Group receives order in Brazil from Auren Energia for 112 MW Brazil-based energy holding company Auren Energia has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply and install 19 N163/5.X turbines. The turbines are destined for the Cajuína 3 wind farm which is part of the Cajuína Wind Complex in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the municipality of Lajes. |
| 03 Mar 25 |
Brazil: Nordex Group receives order in Brazil from Auren Energia for 112 MW Brazil-based energy holding company Auren Energia has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply and install 19 N163/5.X turbines. The turbines are destined for the Cajuína 3 wind farm which is part of the Cajuína Wind Complex in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the municipality of Lajes. |
| 03 Mar 25 |
Brazil: Mero field reaches record of 500,000 barrels of oil produced per day The Mero field, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, reached the milestone of 500,000 barrels of oil produced daily on February 28. This made it the third Petrobras field in operation to surpass this number. |
| 28 Feb 25 |
Brazil: Karoon Energy acquires the Bauna Cidade de Itajai (CDI) FPSO Karoon Energy has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire the Bauna CDI FPSO for US$115 million. The FPSO is the production facility for Karoon’s 100% owned Bauna Project in the southern Santos Basin, 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
