The Brazilian Institute of Oil and Gas - IBP is a private, nonprofit, founded in November 21, 1957, which currently has over 200 member companies, and focuses on promoting the development of national industry oil, gas and biofuels, aimed at an industry competitive, sustainable, ethical and socially responsible.

Throughout this time, IBP has built recognized credibility to society and the government not only for its unique technical knowledge, but also by encouraging the discussion of major issues for the structure constant profile of the sector in order.

Since 2003, IBP has undergone a profound organizational restructuring to ensure the adequacy of its services, products and activities related to the sector, which are the result of the work of 42 committees, subcommittees and ad hoc committees, which participate in voluntarily, more than 950 professionals, including executives and industry experts, scientific and academic institutions, government agencies and similar associations.