Brazil launches new platform, loading terminal

10/20/2008
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has inaugurated the P-51, the company’s first domestically built semisubmersible platform—a milestone event according to government and company officials.“This platform, the first that is 100% national, also fulfilled, within international standards, the pre-established terms and costs,” said Petrobras Pres. Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, “What we want is to build, in our country, a large oil industry and naval base, so we can have a production base not only to meet Petrobras’ needs, but also to meet the entire world’s increasing demand for oil and gas,” said ...

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