Brazil Shatters Oil Production Record as Climate and Economic Tensions Collide

2026-02-02 - 18:35

Brazil pumped 3.77 million barrels of oil per day in 2025 — a 12.3% leap that places it among the world’s top seven producers, ahead of countries most people would guess first. The oil sits beneath kilometers of ocean, rock and ancient salt off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, extracted by floating factories the