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Brazil's Petrobras President Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 27, 2012.

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Brazil's Petrobras President Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 27, 2012.

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Brazil's Petrobras President Jose Sergio Gabrielli pauses during a ministerial meeting at the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil in Brasilia in this August 31, 2009 file photo. Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras ousted chief executive Gabrielli, the man who oversaw the...

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Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras, speaks during a plenary session at the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The meeting lasts until Jan. 29.

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A man works at the Cidade Angra dos Reis offshore platform at the Lula oil field, about 300 km (186 miles) from the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in this February 16, 2011 file photo. Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on January 31, 2012, a ruptured pipe on one of its...

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Workers talk at the Cidade Angra dos Reis offshore platform at the Lula field about 300 km (186 miles) from the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in this February 16, 2011 file photo. Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday a ruptured pipe on one of its production vessels...

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The president of the state-owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras, Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, announces the business plan for the 2011-2015 period, at Petrobras' headquarters in Rio de Janeiro on July 25, 2011. In a company statement last week, Petrobras unveiled a five-year...

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Picture of an oil platform belonging to the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras, at the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taken on December 27, 2011. Brazil has overtaken Britain as the world's sixth largest economy, a London-based research group said on December 26. In its latest World...

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff waves to workers during a ceremony to deliver the first out of four ships built for Transpetro, a subsidiary of the state-run oil company Petrobras in Niteroi, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The 'Celso Furtado', a 183-meter long ship, can transport up...

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, left, and Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral wave to workers during a ceremony to deliver the first out of four ships built for Transpetro, a subsidiary of the state-run oil company Petrobras in Niteroi, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The 'Celso...

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Employees of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras take pictures of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) as she arrives for the opening ceremony of the P-56 oil rig at Angra dos Reis, about 115 miles (185 km) west of Rio de Janeiro June 3, 2011.

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech at the Petrobras P-56 oil platform christening ceremony in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, Friday June 3, 2011. The new offshore platform, with a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day, was constructed entirely in Brazil, costing 1.5 billion...

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Petrobras P-56 oil platform is seen during it's opening ceremony in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, Friday June 3, 2011. The new offshore platform, with a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day, was constructed entirely in Brazil, costing 1.5 billion dollars.

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Jose Sergio Gabrielli, president of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo November 7, 2011. Brazil's state-run Petrobras would sell southern Japan refiner, Nansei Seikyu KK, if it receives a good offer, Gabrielli said on Monday.

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The "Peruanita" camp, run by Brazil's energy company Petrobras, is seen at the shore of the Urubamba river as part of the huge Camisea natural gas project in the Amazon jungle in Cuzco, May 18, 2011.

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Brazilian peasant Raimundo da Silva harvests castor seeds to be sold to Petrobras' Quixada biodiesel plant in the state of Ceara, northeastern Brazil, on September 1st, 2011. The refinery obtains raw material from 10 local peasant families who, within a governmental programme, produce...

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View of castor-oil plants, which seeds will be sold to Petrobras' Quixada biodiesel plant in the state of Ceara, northeastern Brazil, on September 1st, 2011. The refinery obtains raw material from 10 local peasant families who, within a governmental programme, produce castor seeds from...

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Brazilian peasants (L to R) Ambrosio Maciel, Raimundo Barbosa da Silva, Jose Oliveira and Raimundo Martins Neto show castor-oil plants from which they take castor sees to sell to Petrobras' Quixada biodiesel plant, in the state of Ceara, northeastern Brazil, on September 1st, 2011. The...

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A worker checks filters at Petrobras' Quixada biodiesel plant in the state of Ceara, northeastern Brazil, on September 1st, 2011. The refinery obtains raw material from 10 local peasant families who, within a governmental programme, produce castor seeds from which the castor-oil is...

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Jose Sergio Gabrielli, president of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras, speaks during the seminar "Brazilian and World Economy Scenario in 2011" in Rio de Janeiro February 21, 2011.

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Jose Sergio Gabrielli, the president of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras, talks during a news conference in Sao Paulo July 27, 2011. Brazilian state oil company Petrobras would have to increase imports of gasoline if the government lowers the mandatory mix of ethanol in the motor...

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Shipyard workers watch as the 'Celso Furtado', a 183-meter long ship which can transport up to 56 million liters of fuel, far right, leaves the Maua shipyard in Niteroi, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The ship is the first one, out of four, to be built by a Brazilian shipyard for...

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Shipyard workers watch as the 'Celso Furtado', a 183-meter long ship which can transport up to 56 million liters of fuel, leaves the Maua shipyard in Niteroi, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The ship is the first one to be built by a Brazilian shipyard for Transpetro, a subsidiary of the...

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A worker stands inside the the 'Celso Furtado', a 183-meter long ship which can transport up to 56 million liters of fuel, during its delivering ceremony in Niteroi, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The ship is the first one to be built by a Brazilian shipyard for Transpetro, a subsidiary...

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An aerial view shows oil that seeped from a well operated by Chevron at Frade, on the waters in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state November 18, 2011. The head of Brazil's oil regulator, the ANP, said on Monday that only Chevron, and not its partners, Petrobras and Japanese group Frade...