(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle and Samy Adghirni, 23.Nov.2018) — President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is pursuing the sale of Brazil’s deep-sea treasure-trove of oil, but just weeks after his election he’s facing the same political obstacles as his two predecessors. While Bolsonaro’s transition team argues the sale could net some $30 billion to […]
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Oil Auction from Brazil Transfer-of-Rights Unlikely in 2018
(Reuters, 23.Aug.2018) — A Brazilian auction of rights to develop additional oil-producing areas in the country’s so-called transfer-of-rights region is unlikely this year, Brazil’s Deputy Mining and Energy Minister Marcio Felix said on Tuesday. The government in 2010 transferred to state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., known as Petrobras, rights […]