Brazilian Oil Jobs Are at 16-Year High on Offshore Drilling Boom

Workers on a floating production and storage vessel in the Buzios field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. — Workers on a floating production and storage vessel in the Buzios field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg

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By Peter Millard

May 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM UTC

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Employment in the Brazilian oil industry has rebounded to the highest since the golden era of Petrobras’s mega-projects in 2010.