Brazil Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
Brazil is a Federal State that is subdivided into 26 provincial states (« Estados »), 1 federal territory and 1 federal district (the capital Brasilia), which is quite independent as far as economic and energy issues are concerned.

Energy Companies
Details for energy companies (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy Supply
Resources: Brazil has many energy sources. Proven reserves of oil and condensates are estimated at 1750 Mt (not taking into account the recent discoveries at Santos), gas reserves at 360 bcm and coal reserves at 32 Gt (67% of bad quality lignite). At 90 GW, the country’s hydroelectric potential is also very important ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, power, gas).

Consumption
With a per capita consumption of 1.3 toe, Brazil is within the average range for semi-industrialised countries but well below the European average of 3.3 toe ...

Issues & Prospects
Oil: Petrobras’s announcement of a major discovery in the offshore Santos basin at the end of 2007 gave a new impetus to the country’s oil prospects ...

2010 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy