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The Lula oil field (formerly Tupi oil field) is a large oil field located in the Santos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.〔 〕 The field was nicknamed in honor of the Tupi people and later named after former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. It is considered to be the Western Hemisphere's largest oil discovery of the last 30 years.〔 〕 ==History== The Lula field was discovered in October 2006 by Petrobras. The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called the field ''second independence for Brazil''.〔 〕 The field was originally named Tupi but in 2010 it was renamed Lula. The name 'Lula' means squid in Portuguese but also refers to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.〔 〕 The upper estimate of of recoverable oil would be enough to meet the total global demand for crude oil for about three months at the 2008 global extraction rate of around . In January 2008 Petrobras announced the discovery of the Jupiter field, a huge natural gas and condensate field which could equal the Lula oil field in size. It lies east of Lula. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lula oil field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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