Graph of the Day for May 4, 2010

By Randall Hoven

Bill Maher: "... I mean Brazil got off oil in the last thirty years..."

George Will: "Can you just explain to me in what sense Brazil got off oil?"

Maher: "Uh, I believe they did. I believe they, in the seventies, they had a program to use sugar cane ethanol. And I believe that is what fuels their country."

Will: "I think they still burn a lot of oil and have a lot of it offshore."

ABCNews. HT: AoSHQ.

"The largest share of Brazil's total energy consumption comes from oil... Most of Brazil's crude oil production is offshore..." The Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy.

Hoven's Index for May 3, 2010

Rank of Brazil in the world in energy consumption: 10^th.

Rank of Brazil in Latin America in energy consumption: 1^st

Rank of oil in Brazil's energy consumption: 1st

Rank of Brazil in South American oil production: 2^nd

Brazil's offshore Marlim Leste field's daily production capacity (barrels): 180,000 bbl

Brazil's offshore Marlim Sul field's daily production capacity: 180,000 bbl

Brazil's offshore Japuti field's daily production capacity: 100,000 bbl

Brazil's total oil production in 2010: 2.81 million bbl/day

Source: Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy.

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