BP in Brazil
From exploration to skills training in communities, we’re helping to bring a new energy to Brazil
What we do
We’ve been part of the Brazilian energy industry for around half a century, and today we’re involved in every stage of the oil business.Since 1998 BP Brasil Ltda has been involved in oil and gas exploration. In 2004 we completed our exploration of two deep-water blocks off the north coast of Brazil, and we’re now looking at options for more deep-water exploration in Brazil.
Under the Castrol brand, our lubricants business has been operating in Brazil since 1957, mixing, blending and selling automobile and industrial lubricants, applied to a large range of oils, greases, fluids and similar products for most lubrication applications. Our Marine business sells lubricants to the shipping industry, while Castrol Offshore supplies high-quality control fluids to the growing offshore oil and gas production market.
Air BP, one of our more recent businesses in Brazil, started in October 2002. Since then, 5 new sites were constructed including an infrastructure for the storage and distribution of aviation fuels and lubricants at Galeão airport (Rio de Janeiro) which had its opening on May 2008.
BP Biofuels is the latest business to arrive in Brazil. We have set up a dedicated Biofuels team with the intent of allowing BP to participate directly in this exciting growth market, and build a commercial platform for the integration of the technology we hope to get from our biosciences energy research. Our research in this area will build on the leading position that Brazil has established in ethanol production from cane sugar, and will support the development of new low carbon fuels such as butanol which can supplement the contribution currently made by ethanol.
We have also led the way in renewable energy. Our solar power business started operations in 2000, and in 2003 it completed the largest solar project in the country’s history for the Ministry of Mines and Energy. We installed systems for 1,852 schools in remote off-grid communities across 11 different states in the North and Northeast of Brazil.
BP Biofuels is the latest business to arrive in Brazil. We have set up a dedicated Biofuels team with the intent of allowing BP to participate directly in this exciting growth market, and build a commercial platform for the integration of the technology we hope to get from our biosciences energy research. Our research in this area will build on the leading position that Brazil has established in ethanol production from cane sugar, and will support the development of new low carbon fuels such as butanol which can supplement the contribution currently made by ethanol.
We have also led the way in renewable energy. Our solar power business started operations in 2000, and in 2003 it completed the largest solar project in the country’s history for the Ministry of Mines and Energy. We installed systems for 1,852 schools in remote off-grid communities across 11 different states in the North and Northeast of Brazil.
Our people and partners
Our Brazilian businesses employ over 400 people in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.We also work with a number of business partners in different parts of the country. Over the last five years, we’ve led exploration and production ventures with Petrobras, Shell, ENI, TFE and Exxon.
Community investment
We have close relationships with the communities where we live and work. We support education in community schools through voluntary work, by funding new facilities and by teaching computer skills to underprivileged children . We also support local businesses and young people seeking their first employment by offering skills centres and training, in partnership with local organizations.We’ve been bringing energy to remote villages too. For example, the fishing village of Sucuriji, on the coast of Amapá State, used to rely on a diesel generator to produce no more than four hours of energy a day. We worked with government departments to provide solar energy systems for the village’s 800 residents. Now the community has water pumps and storage for 90,000 litres of drinking water, and school hours have been extended. We try to bring new energy to everything we do in Brazil.
In this section
Do business with us
More on our products and services in Brazil. This is a Portugese language site
Work with us
Visit our careers centre and search for jobs in Brazil
