Over the weekend, the ultra-conservative candidate Jair Bolsonaro handily beat his opponent, Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party (PT), in the second round of the Brazilian presidential elections. For a campaign Continue Reading
Brazil’s highly biodiverse Cerrado is being destroyed for soybean production, conservationists say Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro will merge the ministries of agriculture and the environment, an aide says, in Continue Reading
Brazil’s oil and natural gas industry will likely continue to see reforms aimed at luring investments and boosting production, especially in the highly productive subsalt frontier, after the country elected Continue Reading
The Brazilian production of electricity from biomass, mostly produced from sugar cane material and then fed into the country’s power grid, increased 11 percent during January-August from a year earlier. Continue Reading
Brazil and Petrobras show something in common with US LTO: even with a lot of debt and desire, and a strong resource base it is difficult to raise production in Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( RDSa.AS ) and Chevron Corp ( CVX.N ) on Friday led big bets by oil majors seeking to clinch key stakes in Brazil’s coveted offshore Continue Reading
The outcome of Brazil’s upcoming presidential election is astoundingly unclear, with scenarios that range from a winner from the far-right, center or left. The energy industry is certainly not at Continue Reading
Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras ( PETR4.SA ) and France’s Total ( TOTF.PA ) on Friday agreed to buy millions of barrels of oil cargo from the Brazilian government, its Continue Reading
Brazil’s oil regulator ANP has approved the applications of six companies—including Big Oil’s BP, Shell, and Total—to bid in next month’s oil auction of four blocks in the coveted pre-salt Continue Reading
After expressing concern about the long-term future offshore Norway, energy major Equinor said Wednesday that Brazil’s energy sector was now a core area. Equinor has more than 90,000 barrels of Continue Reading
