In Brazil, the Italian processor buys from small to large quantities from suppliers. In the other countries, the minimum established is a container. Family growers want to export.

The country produced 2.46 million barrels per day in July, an increase of 8.8% in comparison to the same month of 2014. Natural gas production registered a increase of 8.5% in the same comparison.

The increase occurred in volume in the first eight months of the year over the same 2014 period, according sector’s association. In August there was also an increase in shipments. Dollar revenues dropped in both periods.