Tim Webb – The Guardian, 11/15/2010
Petrobras aims to be the world’s largest oil producer as soon as 2015, according to the Brazilian energy group’s chief financial officer.
A series of huge recent “pre-salt” finds off the coast of Brazil have transformed the fortunes of the company and catapulted Brazil into one of the world’s leading energy and economic powerhouses.
In one of his first interviews with a British newspaper, Almir Guilherme Barbassa told the Guardian that Petrobras would be one of the biggest beneficiaries of new legislation that will grant the company a minimum 30% stake in each new discovery and will also be the lead operator in all new projects.
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