by Ekrem Duman | Aug 19, 2026 | BR Oil, Gas & Energy, Brazil Company Stories, Startup
⚡ TL;DRVibra Energia — the former BR Distribuidora — is Brazil’s largest fuel distributor, supplying roughly a quarter to a third of the country’s fuel through about 8,000 Petrobras-branded stations, aviation fueling at major airports,...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 19, 2026 | BR Oil, Gas & Energy, Brazil Company Stories, Startup
⚡ TL;DREletrobras is Latin America’s largest electric utility, controlling a huge fleet of hydroelectric dams and nearly half of Brazil’s transmission grid. In June 2022 it went through one of the world’s biggest recent privatizations — a...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 19, 2026 | BR Oil, Gas & Energy, Brazil Company Stories, Startup
⚡ TL;DRPrio (formerly PetroRio) is Brazil’s leading independent oil company. Its playbook is contrarian: buy mature offshore fields that majors no longer want, slash operating costs, redevelop the reservoirs, and tie fields together to share...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 19, 2026 | BR Oil, Gas & Energy, Brazil Company Stories, Startup
⚡ TL;DRRaízen is the joint venture between Shell and Brazilian conglomerate Cosan that became the world’s largest sugarcane processor and a top producer of ethanol, including advanced second-generation (E2G) cellulosic fuel. It runs thousands of...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 19, 2026 | BR Oil, Gas & Energy, Brazil Company Stories, Startup
⚡ TL;DRPetrobras is Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant and one of the largest deepwater producers on Earth. Its pre-salt fields off the coast of Rio de Janeiro pump crude at some of the lowest breakeven costs in the industry, yet the company’s story...
