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Braspetro

Brazilian state company

Braspetro was a Brazilian state company. It was founded in 1972 as a subsidiary of Petrobras to find and produce oil outside Brazil. (As Petrobras had a monopoly over Brazilian oil production at the time, it was forbidden by law to operate internationally.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1
  • Industrypetroleum industry1
  • HeadquartersRio de Janeiro1

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Braspetro was a Brazilian state company. It was founded in 1972 as a subsidiary of Petrobras to find and produce oil outside Brazil. (As Petrobras had a monopoly over Brazilian oil production at the time, it was forbidden by law to operate internationally.) Its biggest discovery was Majnoon Field in Iraq.2

Corporate structure

Braspetro is part of a group headed by Petrobras. 18 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Petrobras Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
    • Braspetro Rio de Janeiro
    • Pasadena Refining System Subsidiary · Pasadena
    • Petrofértil Subsidiary · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Petroquisa Subsidiary · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Quattor Subsidiary · Rio de Janeiro
    • Transpetro Subsidiary · Rio de Janeiro
    • PETROBRAS BIOCOMBUSTIVEL S/A Subsidiary · Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
    • PETROBRAS INTERNATIONAL BRASPETRO B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
      • PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
      • PETROBRAS GLOBAL TRADING B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
      • PETROBRAS NETHERLANDS B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
        • GUARÁ B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
        • PAPA-TERRA B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
        • TUPI B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
      • PETROBRAS SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
    • PETROBRAS TRANSPORTE S.A - TRANSPETRO Subsidiary · Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
    • Polo Petroquimico ABC Subsidiary · Santo André, Brazil
    • Termobahia Owned · São Francisco do Conde, Brazil

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1972Founded Founded1

Sources

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