While the world was paying more for fuel, the 100 largest oil companies on the planet raked in an extra $23 billion in just 30 days of blockage in the Strait of Hormuz.

Brazil could become a global oil powerhouse with reserves jumping from 17 billion to 23.5 billion barrels, investments of US$ 30 billion per year, and exploration in the Equatorial Margin that could extend Brazilian production until 2042.

Ypê puts R$ 130 million on the table after Anvisa identifies 88 sanitary failures, 142 batches with unsatisfactory analyses, and microbiological risk in a factory in SP; the company promises a “pharmaceutical level” laboratory and a task force to avoid another shutdown.

The United States would need to invest $1.5 trillion in industrial production all at once just to reach China’s level by 2026, a country that already dominates 7 of the 10 most strategic industries on the planet and produces more than the 9 largest global manufacturers combined, according to an ITIF report.

While Brazil discussed the transition, Petrobras unlocked 11 new platforms in the pre-salt until 2027 — Búzios alone receives 6 FPSOs and targets 1 million barrels/day.