“…Second, some researchers have called for further research on natural resource-based supply chains in Latin America (e.g., Altenburg and Meyer-Stamer, 1999). The upstream offshore oil and gas is an extreme case of natural resourcebased supply chain that has experienced an impressive growth and success in terms of number of firms, jobs, and total production in the last decades (Moura et al, 2010;Lima and Silva, 2012).…”