The president of the state-owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras, José Sérgio Gabrielli, says that self-sufficiency in petroleum production in Brazil should be reached next month when production levels are at 1,810,000 barrels daily.

Gabrielli went on to say that with the inauguration of the P-50 platform, which is taking place today in the presence of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the country will consolidate its self-sufficiency.

"When we talk about self-sufficiency, we mean sustainable self-sufficiency. And that means daily production levels consistently above demand," said Gabrielli.

Sustained self-sufficiency will be reached next year when three other platforms go into operation (one in the state of Sergipe and two in Espírito Santo), which will bring the daily production average up to 1,910,000 barrels.

In three years, since 2002 when production was 1.5 million barrels per day, Brazilian petroleum production has risen at one of the fastest rates in the world (over 27%).

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Self sufficiency....
written by Guest, November 24, 2005

...this Christmas or the following Christmas ?.

Not clear as usual, so nobody knows the truth also as usual !

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Sustained self-sufficiency
written by Guest, April 18, 2006

The article says "self-sufficiency in petroleum production in Brazil should be reached next month when production levels are at 1,810,000 barrels daily." meaning December 2005, as opposed to "sustainable self-sufficiency that means daily production levels consistently above demand" . This will occur sometime in 2006.

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