Presidente da Petrobras quer fim da Partilha e do conteúdo local nos contratos de exploração

Petrobras President Wants End Of Shared Production And Local Content In Exploration Contracts

Written by Renato Oliveira

Published on 21/08/2019 at 01:00

Updated on 20/08/2019 at 19:09

O presidente da Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, fala sobre os resultados da empresa durante o ano de 2018.

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Roberto Castello Branco, President of Petrobras, Declared That Measures Have Not Been Effective in Recent Years and Do Not Contribute to the Search for Efficiency

While participating in an event this Tuesday (08/20) at the Brazilian Institute of Oil (IBP), Petrobras President Roberto Castello Branco declared that he is in favor of ending the sharing regime that is currently mandatory for the exploration and production of oil in the pre-salt fields, as well as ending the local content requirement that forces oil companies to meet percentages of hiring materials and equipment in Brazil. In Search of Cost Reduction, Petrobras Will Shut Down Its Base at Edinc in Macaé.

According to him, these measures do not stimulate the quest for efficiency nor contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of domestic industries.
“The so-called pre-salt polygon (area defined by the government that includes the fields in the pre-salt between the Santos and Campos basins) should be eliminated, allowing the government to decide in which areas to apply the concession or sharing regime. The sharing regime, just like the local content requirement, removes the stimulus for efficiency; it is not the management that decides what is best for the company, but rather the rules established by bureaucrats. The sharing regime does not lead to efficiency,” declared the president of Petrobras.

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Cost Reduction

With debts exceeding US$ 101 billion, Petrobras continues its cost reduction program. Some offices are being closed and the leased properties are being handed back.
Just like at Edinc (in Macaé), which is in the process of demobilization, and at Edisp (in São Paulo), which has already been closed, this time, a visit by President Castello Branco to the Petrobras building in Vitória, Espírito Santo, last Monday, made the president consider further cost cuts.

“It’s a beautiful, modern building, I was surprised. We have top-notch staff working there, but it costs us R$ 176 million a year. The building is in the most valued area of Vitória, has better technology, imported glass from Belgium, plenty of glass, and automatic closing blinds. But that weighs heavily on the company’s costs. Our ongoing pursuit is cost reduction,” he declared.

Petrobras President also recalled that this austere policy is due to years of assaults by a “criminal organization” that the company has gone through, clearly referring to the corruption cases revealed by the Lava Jato operation.

Petrobras President Wants End Of Shared Production And Local Content In Exploration Contracts

Roberto Castello Branco, President of Petrobras, Declared That Measures Have Not Been Effective in Recent Years and Do Not Contribute to the Search for Efficiency

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