Oil finds may help Brazil meet natural gas demand

A Brazilian energy analyst says recent offshore oil finds may help the country produce 120 million cubic meters of natural gas a day.

Marco Tavares, managing director of Brazil’s Gas Energy consulting firm, says that would make Brazil self-sufficient in natural gas.
Brazil consumes about 60 million cubic meters of the fuel daily to power its energy grid, and as fuel for cars and cooking.

About half that comes from Bolivia, where anti-government protests and pipeline sabotage disrupted exports to Brazil last week.

International Herald Tribune