For most of its history, Brazil needed to import oil to complement its internal production to supply the internal demand. However, in 2007, the Brazilian Federal Government announced the discovery of huge hydrocarbon ...

Seismic is one of the main methods used for the identification of structures and stratigraphic studies in sedimentary basins. In the Santos Basin, numerous 2D and 3D seismic surveys are being conducted in order to get a ...

The article analyses the relationship between social policy and economy in Brazil from the pre-salt exploration to the present day. The announcement of oil reserves in the pre-salt layer resulted in rapid changes in the ...

Background: Salt intakes in Latin America currently double the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 5 g/day. Various strategies to reduce the population’s salt consumption, such as raising awareness using social ...

The exploration of the so-called ‘pre-salt area’ of offshore Brazil under a specific production sharing regime is relatively new and brought about several changes in the Brazilian oil and gas regulatory framework as opposed ...

Pre-salt is the world’s greatest oil-related finding of the past 50 years. Pre-salt oil lies in ultra-deeps reservoirs, under an extensive and thick salt layer, along the coast from the states of Espírito Santo to Santa ...