Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela Fuel South America’s Oil Export Boom

South America has raised its oil exports more than the U.S. has done so far this year as key producers in the region boosted production and shipments to a world scrambling for crude that’s not dependent on the Strait of Hormuz.

Over the past five years, South America’s biggest producer and exporter, Brazil, has started production at several new offshore platforms in the Santos pre-salt fields.

Guyana has continuously increased overseas shipments as the Exxon-led consortium starts up developments at fields in the offshore Stabroek block,…