Brazil

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Brazil has experienced rapidly expanding oil, natural gas, and electricity consumption in recent years.
Brazil was the largest producer of liquid fuels in South America in 2011.
Natural gas constitutes only a small portion of Brazil’s total energy consumption.
Brazil has the third-largest electricity sector in the Western Hemisphere, behind the United States and Canada.

Analysis Last Updated: February 28, 2012

Overview data for Brazil

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Brazil	Central & South America	World	Rank	Brazil
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,685.15	7,857	87,329	10	2,651.94
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,105.41	6,689	74,136	13	2,061.23
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,793.00	6,915	87,605	6	2,933.00 ^FFF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-107.85	943	--	44	-281.06
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,908	6,582	88,097	10	1,917
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	12.86	237	1,474	16	13.99
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Brazil	Central & South America	World	Rank	Brazil
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	445	5,517	111,954	35	515
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	890	5,106	113,321	30	885
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-445	415	--	15	-370
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	13	267	6,637	33	13
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Brazil	Central & South America	World	Rank	Brazil
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.969	92	7,954	32	6.005
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	25.823	47	7,770	26	27.570
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-19.522	46	--	12	-21.735
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Brazil	Central & South America	World	Rank	Brazil
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	458.66	1,044	19,071	9	506.85
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	418.85	878	17,360	9	455.75
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	106.21	253	4,843	9	113.73
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2010				2011
		History	Brazil	Central & South America	World	Rank	Brazil
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	9.467	30	509	10	9.926
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	11.299	27	511	8	11.657
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5,948	5,896	7,452	88	5,928
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Brazil	Central & South America	World	Rank	Brazil
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	450.95	1,288	31,502	13	475.41