Brazil to auction new oil blocks in 2013
September 20th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Sep 20 (IANS/EFE) Brazil is planning an auction of new oil and gas exploration and production blocks for May 2013, although that long-delayed round will depend on prior approval ... Read more...
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Spanish firm cuts energy deal in Brazil
September 14th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 14 (IANS/EFE) Spanish wind energy firm Gamesa said Thursday it has signed an 843-million-reais ($417 million) contract in Brazil to supply 258 MW of generating capacity.The ... Read more...
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Brazilian firm makes deepwater oil find
August 27th, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 27 (IANS/EFE) Oil and gas have been found in a deepwater basin in the Atlantic, Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said.Tests confirmed the presence of petroleum ... Read more...
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Brazil says offshore find holds high-grade oil
August 15th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS/EFE) Preliminary drilling has confirmed that an offshore deposit discovered in March contains significant reserves of light crude, Brazilian state oil giant Petrobras said."New oil ... Read more...
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Brazil oil giant announces new find
August 4th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 4 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has announced the discovery of a new oil find at a deep-water well off the country's northeast coast.Petrobras said ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil giant announces contracts worth $4.5 bn
July 21st, 2012 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and its partners BG Group, Petrogal Brasil and Repsol Sinopec will sign 10 contracts worth $4.5 billion for the construction ... Read more...
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Chevron faces $25 mn fine for Brazil oil spill
July 20th, 2012 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 20 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's National Petroleum Agency said Thursday that Chevron Corp. will be fined nearly 50 million reais ($24.7 million) for an oil leak at an ... Read more...
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Violence causes over 25 percent of teen deaths in Brazil
July 19th, 2012 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, July 19 (IANS/EFE) Violent incidents - including accidents and suicides - accounted for over 25 percent of adolescent deaths in Brazil in 2010, a nearly fourfold increase since 1980, ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil giant makes new deep-water find
July 13th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said that it has discovered a new deep-water crude deposit.In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Petrobras said the find was ... Read more...
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Seven people beheaded at Brazilian farm
May 1st, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, May 1 (IANS/EFE) Police found seven people decapitated at a farm in the central Brazilian state of Goias, media reports said.The killings took place Saturday night at ... Read more...
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Loss of permit in Argentina a surprise: Petrobras
April 5th, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 5 (IANS/EFE) The decision by Argentina's Neuquen province to cancel a concession granted to Petrobras caught the Brazilian state-controlled oil giant by surprise, CEO Maria das ... Read more...
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Brazilian firm makes offshore crude find
March 21st, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 21 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras said Tuesday it discovered a new "high-quality" oil accumulation off the coast of Sao Paulo state.The new find was ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil firm says refining shortfall to last until 2013
March 15th, 2012 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, March 15 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras said it will experience fuel deficits until new domestic refineries come online in 2013 and therefore expects to import 80,000 ... Read more...
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Gremio eliminated from Brazilian state championship
February 27th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 27 (IANS) Brazilian club Gremio's new head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo suffered a disappointing loss as they were eliminated by Caxias in the semi-finals of the Rio ... Read more...
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Lawmaker dies in Brazil plane crash
February 27th, 2012 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Feb 27 (IANS/EFE) A lawmaker was among three people who died in a plane crash in the northern Brazilian state of Para, officials said.Alessandro Novelino, legislative aide Jose ... Read more...
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Romario bats for footvolley to become Olympic sport
February 11th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 11 (IANS) Football legend and current Brazilian congressman Romario was named as the ambassador of footvolley by the Brazilian Confederation of Footvolley (CBFv).Romario has made it ... Read more...
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Brazil has 14 of world’s 50 most violent cities
January 14th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 14 (IANS) Of the 50 most violent cities across the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday.The word's most violent city is ... Read more...
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Brazil oil giant’s reserves’ rise
January 13th, 2012 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Jan 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said its oil and gas reserves rose to 16.41 billion barrels in 2011, up 2.7 percent from the prior year.The ... Read more...
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`Chevron out of Brazil if it fails to comply with agreement’
December 5th, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Dec 5 (IANS/EFE) US-based Chevron Corp. will have to leave Brazil if it fails to comply with the agreement it reached to deal with the damage caused by an ... Read more...
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Brazil leases airport to private consortium
November 29th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Rio De Janeiro, Nov 29 (IANS) President Dilma Rousseff signed a concession plan Monday that would allow private investments for the first time in airport construction and operation as Brazil ... Read more...
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Brazilian police question Chevron’s oil clean-up
November 21st, 2011 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 21 (IANS/EFE) The head of the Brazilian Federal Police's environmental crimes unit has questioned the legality and methods being used by US-based Chevron Corp. to clean ... Read more...
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Chevron to cap, abandon leaking Brazil oil well
November 16th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 16 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian oil regulator ANP approved Chevron Corp's plan to seal a leaking offshore well, the official Agencia Brasil news agency said Tuesday.The leak began ... Read more...
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Chinese oil firm eyes investments in Brazil
October 13th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Oct 13 (IANS/EFE) A subsidiary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation has begun talks on developing deposits in an oil-rich region off the coast of the Brazilian state ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil giant to build world’s largest ethanol plant
August 19th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Aug 19 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and private sugar and ethanol group Sao Martinho said they planned to build an ethanol plant with the capacity to ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil giant to invest $11 bn in Mexico
August 1st, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Veracruz (Mexico), Aug 1 (IANS/EFE) Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, plans to invest $11 billion in oil exploration, production and refining projects in Mexico between now and 2015, an official said.Veracruz ... Read more...
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Brazilian firm approves $225 bn investment plan through 2015
July 24th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 24 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras has approved $224.7 billion in investment outlays for the 2011-15 period.The majority - $127.5 billion - will be allocated ... Read more...
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Brazilian Amazon activists shot dead as new Forest Code bill advances
May 25th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by BNO News
BRASILIA, BRAZIL (BNO NEWS) -- A Brazilian Amazon activist and his wife were killed in the northern region of the country, as Brazil's House of Deputies approved a new Forest Code, local ... Read more...
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7 die in Brazil plane crash
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, April 22 (IANS/EFE) At least seven people died Thursday after the small plane in which they were flying crashed shortly after takeoff in the capital of the Brazilian ... Read more...
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Brazil mudslides: Toll rises to 869
February 3rd, 2011 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 3 (IANS/EFE) The toll due to mudslides triggered by heavy rains that have deluged the mountainous region of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has risen to ... Read more...
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Brazil mudslides: Toll reaches 860
February 2nd, 2011 - 8:31 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 2 (IANS/EFE) The number of deaths caused by mudslides triggered by torrential rains in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has risen to 860, authorities said.Floods ... Read more...
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Brazil’s Petrobras announces deep-water oil find
January 27th, 2011 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Jan 27 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy company Petrobras said it struck oil at a pre-salt block located in "ultra-deep" waters of the Santos Basin, located off the country's southeastern coast.The ... Read more...
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Brazil mudslides: Death toll rises to 727
January 20th, 2011 - 8:07 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 20 (IANS/EFE) The number of dead due to mudslides caused by downpours that deluged the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has climbed to 727, while over 200 ... Read more...
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665 dead in Brazil mudslides
January 18th, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 18 (IANS/EFE) The number of dead from downpours that have deluged the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has climbed to 665, authorities said Monday.Sunday's rains caused ... Read more...
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Brazil rains: Death toll rises to 610 (Lead)
January 16th, 2011 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 16 (IANS/EFE) The death toll from the heavy downpour in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has risen to 610, as the search for victims and survivors ... Read more...
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Death toll in Brazil rains rises to 549
January 16th, 2011 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 16 (IANS/EFE) The death toll from the heavy downpour in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has risen to 549, as the search for victims and survivors ... Read more...
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