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By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s 11th oil and gas auction, held Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, raised a record R$2.8 billion, the industry’s regulatory agency said, with Petrobras winning the most blocks, and...

By Andrew Willis, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil is set to auction off 172 oil exploration blocks this May, according to a government announcement last week. The auction will end a five-year hiatus that has...

By Stephen Eisenhammer, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina is seeking greater partnership with Brazilian state-run energy company, Petrobras, to develop the country’s energy resources after announcing the nationalization of YPF, its main oil producer, last week. ...