Brazilian ethanol is the best hope for replacing oil, says BP’s Bob Dudley

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 16 February 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Ethanol derived from Brazilian sugar-cane offers the best hope of replacing oil as the world’s main source of fuel when it runs out, according to Bob Dudley, BP’s chief executive.

Brazil Auctions for Renewable Energy to Include Natural Gas

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 09 February 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Brazil is seeking proposals for natural gas power plants, two months after releasing an official energy plan that said the country wouldn’t build new electricity projects powered by fossil fuels.

Russia eyes modernisation of its oil industry

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 20 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Russia, a leading oil and gas exporter, has used more than 50% of its known oil reserves and might need to attract enormous investment to modernise its oil infrastructure.

Sinopec to pay $US7.1b for Repsol unit

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 09 October 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

China Petrochemical Corp will pay $US7.1 billion for a stake in Repsol YPF SA’s Brazilian unit, the second-largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese company, as it moves to secure oil supplies.

Brazil Set to Become Latin America’s Biggest Oil and Gas Producer by 2011

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 24 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

What country may be Central or South America’s number one oil producer in a few short years? Mexico? Venezuela? No-Brazil. Mexico and Venezuela may outproduce Brazil now, but that’s poised to change. A combination of increasing Brazilian oil production and declining oil production in Mexico and Venezuela may lead to an inversion in the Latin [...]