Comments on: Oil Investors Await Pre-Salt Talks

By: Deeply Troubling | The Rio Times

Deeply Troubling | The Rio Times — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:51:42 +0000

[...] some time covering the BP Oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and relating that to the Brazilian Pre-Salt exploration underway. One silver-lining is that it’s given Brazil some warning and time to [...]

By: Cleaning House | The Rio Times

Cleaning House | The Rio Times — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:55:45 +0000

[...] history with Rio only goes back to 2004, but with the oil discovery and the World Cup and Olympics on the way, it feels like things are changing quickly, real estate [...]

By: Repsol Pursue Brazil’s Pre-Salt Oil | The Rio Times

Repsol Pursue Brazil’s Pre-Salt Oil | The Rio Times — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:20:36 +0000

[...] Like many foreign firms, Repsol continues to try and get control of new concessions in the lucrative pre-salt basins off Brazil. Its main operations extend to upstream, downstream and natural gas liquefaction (NGL) activities, with a strong presence in Africa, Europe, Northern America, Central Asia, and Latin America. Within the latter region its upstream activities cover most resource extractive economies, but in particular Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil. Repsol also operates five refineries in Spain and Portugal and overall it currently has operations at various stages of petroleum production in thirty countries. [...]