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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Energy & Environm, Res Ctr Gas Innovat, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Educ, Dept Teaching & Cultural Practices, Campinas - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY; v. 36, n. 1 MAY 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
From the late nineteenth century onwards the Brazilian state founded several public institutions involved in oil exploration: the Geographical and Geological Commission of Sao Paulo (CGG, 1886), the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Brazil (SGMB, 1907), the National Oil Council (CNP, 1938), and the state-run oil company Petrobras (1953). This article details the history of geophysical exploration in Brazil over the first half of the twentieth century and its role in transforming the country into a major oil producer, stressing the involvement of foreign experts and the role of imported technology. It focuses on the close relationship between Brazil and the United States in applying geophysics techniques to scrutinize Brazilian territory in the search for oil while unveiling the commercial and political dimensions of such technoscientific exchanges. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/50279-4 - Brasil Research Centre for Gas Innovation |
| Grantee: | Julio Romano Meneghini |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/26388-9 - Transitions in Energy History: development and new perspectives about the natural gas in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Drielli Peyerl |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/18208-8 - Transitions in energy history: development and new perspectives about the natural gas in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Drielli Peyerl |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/06843-2 - A North American at the Petrobras: the trajectory of the geologist Walter Link (1902 - 1982) at the Exploratory Department - DEPEX/Petrobras (1954 - 1960) and his influence in the technical and exploratory process of oil in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Drielli Peyerl |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/03244-3 - The model of the United States oil industry in Brazil: the case of the North American geologist Walter Link (1902-1982) |
| Grantee: | Drielli Peyerl |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor |