Brazil’s Lula Doubles Down On Oil And Rare Earths As Brazil’s Strategic Future

May 22 (oilprice.com) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explicitly linked oil exploration and rare-earth mining to Brazil's national sovereignty, declaring that the country’s subsoil resources must be used to drive domestic industrialization rather than enrich foreign nations. Speaking at Petrobras’(NYSE:PBR) giant refinery, Refinaria de Paulínia (Replan), in São Paulo, Lula emphasized that Brazil must actively... Continue Reading →

May 23, 2026 0

BW Energy Greenlights Gabon, Brazil Oil and Gas Projects

May 20 (OE) BW Energy has made final investment decisions (FID) for the Bourdon development in the Dussafu license offshore Gabon and a new infill drilling campaign in the Golfinho license offshore Brazil, targeting combined 2P reserves of 68 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company said the two projects are expected to increase net... Continue Reading →

May 20, 2026 0

Petrobras studies opportunities in Mexico and studies new Venezuelan legislation

May 13 - Petrobras' president, Magda Chambriard, stated that the state-owned company will send delegations from the refining and oil exploration and production areas to Mexico to assess potential business opportunities in partnership with the state-owned Pemex. The new visit of Petrobras representatives to Mexico occurs a few weeks after Chambriard visited the country last... Continue Reading →

May 13, 2026 0

Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt is an Environmental Nightmare

April 22 (oilprice.com) U.S. intervention in Venezuela, with illegitimate President Nicolas Maduro snatched in a daring January 2026 night raid, opened the country's oil industry to foreign investment. While President Donald Trump is aggressively pushing for Big Oil to invest in Venezuela, energy majors are taking a more sober approach. Venezuela's heavily corroded oil infrastructure, responsible for a nationwide... Continue Reading →

April 22, 2026 0

Brava Energia Reserves Certification Reports

April 16 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, hereby informs its investors and the market in general of the disclosure of the Company’s Reserves Certification Reports, with a reference date of December 31, 2025 (“Certification 2026”), prepared by the independent specialized consultancies DeGolyer and MacNaughton and... Continue Reading →

April 16, 2026 0

Brazil’s Proven Oil Reserves Grew 3.84% in 2025

April 10 (ANP) The ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels) released today (April 10th) the Annual Resources and Reserves Bulletin (BAR) 2025. The publication provides consolidated information on Brazilian oil and natural gas reserves declared by companies operating exploration and production areas last year. In 2025, there was a 3.84% increase in... Continue Reading →

April 10, 2026 0

Oil, gas exploration is back: Energy giants hunt to replenish reserves

March 27 (Reuters) - Global energy companies are getting back to basics and focusing on the hunt for new sources of oil and gas, executives declared at the CERAWeek conference in Houston this week, ending years of underinvestment in exploration. In recent years, the shale revolution in the U.S. promised abundant, flexible supply, while growth... Continue Reading →

March 28, 2026 0

Deepwater to remain a core growth engine as Brazil and Guyana underpin production growth

March 16 (oilnow.gy) Deepwater oil and gas development will remain a major driver of global supply, with Brazil and Guyana expected to underpin production growth, according to discussions at a recent Deepwater Development Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference, organized by World Oil and Gulf Energy Information, opened on March 10 with an operator panel,... Continue Reading →

March 16, 2026 0

PRIO 2026 Reserves Certification

March 11 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO) informs to its shareholders and the market in general that it has published a new reserve certification report, prepared by DeGolyer & MacNaughton (“D&M”), dated January 1, 2026, which includes the reserves of the Polvo and TBMT (Bravo) cluster, Frade and Wahoo (Valente) cluster, the Albacora Leste field and the Peregrino field. Summary of reserves:... Continue Reading →

March 11, 2026 0

Guyana’s reserves remain about 11 billion barrels, ministry says

Feb. 25 (oilnow.gy) The Ministry of Natural Resources late Tuesday said Guyana’s oil reserves remain at about 11 billion barrels, rejecting claims that updated figures were being withheld from the public. The statement responds to a February 24, 2026 article by Kaieteur News headlined, “ExxonMobil reports growth in oil reserves to shareholders.” The ministry said the... Continue Reading →

February 25, 2026 0

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