Around 200,000 people in the Alagoas state capital Maceio were affected by the excessive extraction of rock salt, according to the Brazil Senate’s website. In July, 2023, Braskem announced a ...

Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, said that participants in the auction will need to cough up a signing bonus of a total US$26.9 billion for the four blocks. Brazil will hold an offshore oil deposit ...

A rupture at a rock salt mine in north-eastern Brazil has heightened fears of an impending total collapse. Video recorded by the civil defence authority showed murky water bubbling up in the ...

The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) has approved geological studies for the potential inclusion of four new pre-salt areas in the prolific Campos basin at forthcoming bid rounds.

Petrobras, Brazil’s state-managed oil company will begin Friday to extract oil from the off-shore pre-salt Tupi field and is “very secure” about production expectations, said Guilherme ...