Since the 1970s, when Petrobras chose Macaé to site its headquarters in the Campos Basin, the city has had a population boom.
Campos Basin is one of 12 coastal sedimentary basins of Brazil.
The off-shore oil exploration in the Campos Basin began in 1968.
The total cumulative production from the Campos Basin by 2003 was 3.9 billion barrels of oil with remaining reserves of 8.5 billion barrels.
Discoveries off the coast, especially in the Campos Basin, have led the company to build new drilling platforms, oil-production ships and tankers.
Its oil field in the Campos Basin accounts more than 80% of the Brazilian oil production.
The airline was established in 1998 as an air taxi company to operate services for oil companies in the Campos Basin.
Also, the state features the Campos Basin, the largest petroleum rich area in Brazil, measuring 100,000 km2 and producing 1.49 million barrels of oil every day.
About 80% of the processed petroleum is produced in Brazil, mostly from the Campos Basin.
The project consisted of the installation of 7 platforms in the Campos Basin.
