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Latin America’s Two Oil Giants Team Up in Search for Their Next Boost

24. Juni 2026 um 12:59
Petrobras and Pemex have agreed to work together to discover, produce and refine oil.

An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampico, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Pemex reduced runs at its domestic refineries for the second month as it continues to reel from the impact of an April fire, while another plant was ordered to curtail runs after air quality in the area surrounding the capital deteriorated. Photographer: Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg

Petrobras Misses Estimates Despite War-Driven Oil Rally

12. Mai 2026 um 00:32
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras fell short of earnings estimates as it held domestic gasoline prices stable during the war-driven price surge.

Oil storage tanks at the Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) Paulinia Replan Refinery in Paulinia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Petrobras' fourth quarter results are expected to get a boost from production levels, which remained in line with the records seen in the third quarter, analysts say.

South America Could Unlock 2.1 Million Barrels a Day on $100 Oil

20. April 2026 um 21:21
South America could deliver an additional 2.1 million barrels of daily oil supplies by 2035 with crude prices around $100, Rystad Energy wrote in note on Monday.

Trucks near oil storage tanks at the Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) Paulinia Replan Refinery in Paulinia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Petrobras' fourth quarter results are expected to get a boost from production levels, which remained in line with the records seen in the third quarter, analysts say.

Brazil Rig Supplier Expects Iran War to Drive Latam Oil Drilling

02. April 2026 um 15:42
A leading supplier of deep-water drilling rigs to Brazil’s national oil company expects the industry to favor oil and gas projects in Latin America, where geopolitical risk is lower than the Middle East.

A leading supplier of deep-water drilling rigs to Brazil’s national oil company expects the industry to favor oil and gas projects in Latin America, where geopolitical risk is lower than the Middle East.

Brazil’s Billionaire Batistas Poised for Venezuelan Oil Revival

18. Januar 2026 um 16:00
The billionaire Batista brothers are eyeing a billion-barrel Venezuelan oil project that stands to benefit from US President Donald Trump’s planned revival of the South American nation’s energy sector.

Wesley Batista, left, and his brother Joesley Batista, right, with their parents, Jose Batista Sobrinho and Flora Mendonca Batista on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 25.

Maduro Capture Puts Spotlight on Maha’s Venezuela Oil Project

05. Januar 2026 um 22:04
Maha Capital, a Swedish energy company with rights to a languishing oil project in Venezuela, is considering partnerships after Nicolas Maduro’s capture could open the industry to foreign investment.

Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City.

Brazil Oil Output Rebounds After Platform Outages Cut Production in November

11. Dezember 2025 um 15:15
Brazilian oil output is rebounding from outages that removed more than 300,000 barrels a day last month, highlighting how Latin America’s largest crude producer can confound OPEC efforts to micromanage the market.

Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessels and supply vessels in the Buzios field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Brazil's state oil company is accelerating production from the Buzios field as crude prices hover near a five-year low and the global market braces for glut.

Gold Rally Drives Global Surge in Illegal Mining

10. Dezember 2025 um 14:39
The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ecologically destructive, according to the World Gold Council.

A miner takes a break inside an underground mine at a legal small-scale gold mining site in Tarkwa, Ghana, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. The indebted West African state is potentially losing billions from illegal gold mining, known as galamsey, that is causing environmental carnage.

Goldman-Backed Brazil Data Center Explores Power Supply Options

04. Dezember 2025 um 19:14
Brazil’s biggest utility is exploring options to guarantee the power supply for a $50 billion data center project aimed at putting Rio de Janeiro at the forefront of artificial intelligence in Latin America.

Elea’s Rio AI City will feature scalable infrastructure ready for the new digital age, with the RJO1 data center operational from day one. It is the most interconnected site in the Rio de Janeiro region with energy supply guaranteed by certified renewable sources at all project stages.

Brazil Emerges as AI Hot Spot With TikTok’s Data Center Push

03. Dezember 2025 um 19:03
A 200 billion reais ($38 billion) commitment from ByteDance’s TikTok to help build a massive data center complex in Brazil is cementing the nation’s position as the leading location in the region for AI-related investment.

Casa dos Ventos wind turbines in Serra da Babilonia, Brazil, in 2023. Photographer: Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/Bloomberg
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