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Petrobras Boosted by Pre-Salt Oil Find

Contributing Reporter - June 12, 2012

By Stephen Eisenhammer, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Petrobras, the Brazilian state-run energy giant, has found “good quality” oil in a well in the pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil, the company announced on Friday (June 8th). The...

Senate Approves Petrobras Share Deal

Contributing Reporter - June 22, 2010

By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian Senate has approved the bill on the new capitalization plan for Petrobras, marking the beginning of an overhaul in Brazil's oil industry regulations. Under the new plan, state-controlled energy...

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