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Plenty In Sight

The Saipem 7000 transports the modules for the Mexilhão jacket / Courtesy Saipem

Mexilhão, Brazil´s largest non-associated gas system, is scheduled to come on stream in mid-year, producing up to 15 M m3/day of gas

Gas Pipeline Across The Jungle

Pipes being transported on the river / Courtesy Petrobras

Recently inaugurated, the 661-km Urucu-Manaus pipeline required ingenious solutions to overcome the Amazon's challenges

The Great Thermal Leap Forward

Endesa Fortaleza

An increase in gas supplies and demands for electricity will boost capacity of gas-burning thermal plants by 12,000 MW in 20 years

Investment Post-Blackout

The interconnected system has 90,000 km of lines

The causes are still unknown, but the incident that shut down 18 states in November will lead to improvements in the system

More Biodiesel In The Tank

B5 is already available at service stations / Claudio Ferreira-Somafoto

Not expected until 2013, the mixture of 5% biodiesel in diesel fuel is already in place. Producers want the overall program speeded up

Negotiating Season

The Osorio wind park

The winners of the first wind energy auction in Brazil are starting talks with manufacturers for the purchase of wind generators

The Flex Fuel Challenge

Brazil has 9.6 M flex fuel vehicles / Marcus Almeida-Somafoto

A decline in the supply of ethanol has increased prices and compels owners of flex fuel cars to choose between alcohol ou gasoline

Teixeira: new types of steel / Claudio Ferreira-Somafoto

Special Steel For Pre-Salt Pipes

Petrobras and manufacturers seek a material to make pipes resistant to this tough environment

[GAS PRODUCTION]

Searching For Pre-Salt Oil

The investments in Mexilhão will not interrupt exploration activities in the Santos Basin pre-salt layers

Gas processing unit at Caraguatatuba / Courtesy Petrobras

Uruguá-Tambaú: First In Line

The Uruguá-Tambaú project, in Santos, will begin operating before Mexilhão, probably in March

[GAS PRODUCTION]

Tupi, A Heavyweight Neighbor

Because the Tupi-Mexilhão gas pipeline will only be ready in 2011, the Tupi pilot project, in the Santos Basin, will operate at first with only one well

The SSV Victoria drill rig will complete a well for Guará LDT / Courtesy Dockwise

New Test Areas

Guará will be the next to receive an LDT while a definitive project will be set up at Tupi

Manufacturing defects are among problems with valves / Agência Petrobras

A Tightening Up On Valves

Petrobras sets up a quality standard for valves from manufacturing to importation

Foster: recovery of oil prices

Growth Strategy

New factory in Brazil will permit Weatherford to resume exporting to Latin America

[ETHANOL]

New Year, New Scenario

Specialists in the ethanol secor, based on weather data, believe that the next harvest should be better than the last

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