Brazil Petroleum Infrastructure

ArcGlobe has the capability to put many data sets in perspective. This satellite view of the Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo region of southern Brazil appears as a silk screen—the world topography and culture are the raster backdrop. Concessions, platforms, and pipelines are drawn on top as vectors. They show the offshore location of exploration and production areas and the onshore gathering points of refinery and distribution along the coast. The halftone geology delineates the onshore Parana and São Francisco basins and the offshore Santos, Campos, and Espirito Santo oil producing basins that lie along the clearly visible continental shelf. Insets add a global view with cloud cover, a close-up view of an offshore oil field, and a perspective view of a drilling platform under clouds. Such synoptic views help convey complex and interrelated information to the public, investors, agencies at large, and in-house colleagues and management.