Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras announced yesterday (26th) an all-time high oil production, at 2,000,238 barrels per day. The result, attained on Tuesday (25th), was possible due to six new platforms that became operational this year, and which produced 590,000 barrels per day. The last platformed to start functioning,
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
In Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, the daily routine of a pier contrasts with the local modernity. It is Port Saeed, where small and medium vessels take goods to neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and India. There, Arab men load cargo into ships under the hot sun, and trade takes place just like it did in the old days.
In Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, the daily routine of a pier contrasts with the local modernity. It is Port Saeed, where small and medium vessels take goods to neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and India. There, Arab men load cargo into ships under the hot sun, and trade takes place just like it did in the old days.
Carmen Steffens already has franchises in Riyadh and Dammam, in Saudi Arabia. Now it is seeking partners to set up a store in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The brand is studying proposals by three Arab businessmen, but has yet not defined who is going to be its partner.
According to the president at the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association, The Middle East is the most important and oldest market in the field. In 2007, exports to the region totalled 1.2 million tonnes and upwards of US$ 1 billion. In 2008, the organisation wants to participate in a trade fair for foodstuffs in Dubai and in a mission to Saudi Arabia.
Rubber extractors in the Amazonian region are diversifying their activities and becoming artisans. With support from a cooperative, they make the forest cloth, a product derived from the latex extracted from the rubber tree. Then, they turn into purses and accessories. The items are already sold in several Brazilian states and should be exported in 2008.
Tunisia ranks 3rd in a list of 53 destinations published by United States newspaper The New York Times. Among the Arab countries, also listed were Libya, Egypt, Kuwait and Algeria. Most of them offer a variety of tours, from the Mediterranean beaches to the Sahara Desert.
The Japanese assembly company announced an investment of US$ 150 million in the next two years, and is going to increase the number of models produced in its factory in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. The company expects to end the year with 11,500 units sold, twice the amount in 2006.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras informed that oil was discovered in deep water at the PM-S-21 block in the Santos Basin. The company is in charge of operating the block, with a 80% share in a consortium with Portuguese company Galp Energia. The discovery was made in an exploratory
