Brazil

Population (World Bank): 216,422,446 (2023)

Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 12.4% (2023)

Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 4,519 Mb/d (2024)

Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 89

2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): Not Available

EITI Status: None

Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)

Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:

• ANP’s April 2018 Resolution No. 726/2018 Tender Protocol 2019 (“Tender Protocol”) (Portuguese)

• Model Concession Contract for Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas of 2019 (“Model Contract 2019”) (Portuguese)

• Brazil's National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) Resolution n.07/2017 (Portuguese) (Paywall)

• Decree Nº 8.637 of January 15, 2016 (the “Decree”) (Portuguese)

• ANP Resolutions No. 37/2007, 38/2007 and No. 19/2013 (“ANP Resolution 19/2013”)

• Law No. 12.351 of 2010 (“Law 12.351/2010”) (Portuguese)

• National Petroleum Law of 1997 (“Law 9478/1997”)

Renewable energy local content policy documents:

• BNDES FINAME loan program regulations (2020)

Local Content Relevant News:

• August 2018 – Brazil Eases Local Content Rules for Libra Offshore Oilfield

• June 2018 – Brazil Presidential Decree Next Week to Overhaul Mining Rules: Sources

• December 2017 – Brazil will likely Limit Cuts to Local Content Regulations in Oil and Gas after Pressure from Domestic Suppliers

• April 2017 – Brazil Announces Timetable for New Oil and Gas Auctions and Changes to Local Content Requirements

• March 2017 – Brazil to Lower Oil Industry Local Purchasing Rules by Half -Minister

Analysis and Case Studies:

• Lacerda de Araújo et al. (2021) – Local Content and Extractive Industry in Brazil (Paywall)

• Deloitte (2021) – Local Content Policy: Upstream Guide

• Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2020) – Local Content: Brazil – Petroleum

• Filgueiras de Almeida (2015) – Local Content Policies and the Petroleum Sector: A Comparative Analysis Between Brazil and Norway (Portuguese)

• Ngoasong (2014) – How international oil and gas companies respond to local content policies in petroleum-producing developing countries: A narrative enquiry (Paywall)

• Prochnik (2011) – Brazil’s Local Content Industrial Policy for the Oil and Gas Supply Chain: The Case of Equipment Purchase for Process Control

  

Relevant Initiatives:

• Beyond Extraction: Economic Opportunities in Mining Communities (Completed, 2016-2020)

  • 2020 Project Report, Beyond Extraction: Economic Opportunities in Mining Communities