Rio de Janeiro, August 8 news, the Brazilian government planning minister Paul Bernardo on August 7, said here that the United States, Brazil is prepared to provide 10 billion U.S. dollars of loans for the development of Brazil's huge oil and gas reserves at sea.
The Government of the United States national security adviser Obama James Jones, during his visit to Brazil this week with Brazilian government officials to discuss the loan of. He said that the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Brazilian national oil company has been on the loan was signed a cooperation letter of intent.
The Government of the United States and China Development Bank provided loans for the same number of loans for the exploration of Brazil is estimated at 80 billion barrels of crude oil reserves of the lower strata of the salt field. In accordance with China Development Bank signed the loan agreement, Brazil will use the oil to repay the loan.
Petrobras plans to invest in 2013 before the 29 billion U.S. dollars to develop a huge oil field salt the lower grades of oil reserves.
Estimated 50-80 billion barrels of oil reserves in the Americas tupi field over the past 30 years was the largest oil and gas discovery. In addition, the Brazilian national oil company so far in the lower strata of salt also found Spodiopogon other fields.
Aug. 10, 2009
