Brazil discovered hydrocarbons deep in the Atlantic Ocean a few years ago and has begun auctioning off rights, but actual production is still years away. Chile has no oil or gas, and no one in the neighborhood will sell it any, so it has to buy its supplies from as far away as Indonesia.
秘鲁有天然气，并向墨西哥出售。玻利维亚也有天然气，但自2006年天然气行业被国有化以来一直处于开发不足的状态。阿根廷曾经有天然气行业，但毁于多年来的政府政策瞎指挥。巴西几年前在大西洋深海发现了碳氢化合物并开始拍卖采矿权，但开始实际生产还要等好几年。智利没有石油和天然气，也没有哪个邻国会卖给它，因此不得不从遥远的印尼购买。