Brazil’s Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira announced a significant oil discovery in the Equatorial Margin based on an internal Petrobras study. Specifically, the Equatorial Margin block could hold 5.6 billion barrels. If true, this would boost Brazil’s current 14.8 billion barrel reserves by 37%. This exciting block, known as FZA-M-59, is in the Amazon Basin. However, […]
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