This is the third time the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency fines the North American company for a leak in Campos Basin.
Author: Agência Brasil
Guará, in Santos Basin, has estimated reserves of 2.1 billion barrels of oil, according to the state-owned oil company. The organisation considers it one of Brazil’s largest oil fields.
The hydroelectric power plant should end the year with production of 92.23 million megawatts hour. This is the fourth greatest figure in history of the mill, on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
This evaluation is by the president of the Brazilian Association of Listed Companies, Antonio Castro. In 2011, the market value of listed companies dropped US$ 114 billion.
This was the business volume generated by trade delegations organized by the government of Brazil in 2011. In February, a trip will be promoted to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Up to December 23, the outflow of foreign currency from Brazil exceeded the inflow by US$ 2.1 billion.
The index measured by Getúlio Vargas Foundation rose from 110.7 points in November to 101.8 in December. This was the first growth this year.
Report Serasa Experian on Economic Perspectives signals expansion of the Brazilian GDP in the first quarter of 2012. In the latter months of 2011 there was stagnation.
The Brazilian electric energy company invested US$ 4.3 billion up to November. The total should reach US$ 4.8 billion by the end of the year.
Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said that Brazil should consolidate itself as the world’s sixth largest economy, ahead of the UK, and may climb further in future.
A study disclosed by English newspapers shows that Brazil should exceed Great Britain late this year to become one of the largest economic powers.
Cesário Melantonio Neto, the ambassador to Cairo, will become special envoy to the region, including Turkey and Iran, in January. His work will be based on the defence of dialogue.
Once the world’s largest open-air mine, it will be entirely mechanized and explored by the Canadian company Colossus in partnership with a local miners cooperative.
The Bank of Brazil supplied US$ 17 billion in export financing from January until December 15th. The institution is the leading financer of foreign sales in the country.
