Brazil’s daily oil production has fallen by about 500,000 barrels as oil workers strike for the third day to protest austerity measures by state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA that are resulting in job losses, the country’s main oil union said Tuesday. Output from the Campos Basin is down about 400,000 barrels a day with 25 offshore platforms completely shut and another 8 units pumping at reduced levels, Francisco Jose de Oliveira, head of communications for the FUP oil union, said in a telephone interview from Rio de Janeiro. Production has declined at other regions, including Espirito Santo and Bahia, Oliveira said, adding that the union doesn’t have any immediate plans to meet with Petrobras management. Petrobras and the National Hydrocarbons Agency, the oil regulator known as ANP, declined to comment on the impact the strike has had when contacted by e-mail. The ANP said there is no risk of fuel […]