Apart from the sub-salt fields, Petrobras is exploring 270 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico and over 200 more onshore in Brazil.
Gabrielli had been appointed by former president Lula Da Silva and has led Petrobras from 2005 and through the important discovery of the highly valuable pre-salt fields.
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Since Petrobras will have its hands full operating the pre-salt fields, the state wants to ensure that the company does not lose its edge in the energy industry.
Brazilian oil-giant Petrobras, which has the state as one of its major shareholders, pushed its way into center stage after discovering pre-salt fields off the coast of Brazil.
Beyond its production update, Chevron made headlines on Wednesday as it once again won permission from Brazilian regulators to drill in their pre-salt fields off the coast of Rio.
Green aficionados are familiar with the statistic that the sun bathes the Earth in trillions of barrels of energy (in oil equivalent terms), and less familiar with the fact that total known hydrocarbon resources are also countable in the trillions of barrels (from the oil-sands and ultra-deep-water sub-salt fields, to methane hydrates and coal, not to mention shale gas).
The government has also arranged for Petrobras to be the primary operator of all pre-salt oil fields and to have a minimum 30 percent stake in all pre-salt joint ventures, an arrangement that is still competitive in relation to other major oil-producing states like Nigeria and Venezuela (and without the high militant and political risk).
Upon leaving Salt River Fields at Talking Stick after the United States had played the Colorado Rockies in an exhibition game, fans were presented with an advertisement.
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Prior to the news that World Baseball Classic games were being moved to Chase Field due to the weather, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick was originally scheduled to host two games.
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Britain has much potential: natural salt caverns and depleted gas fields could store decades of emissions from Europe.
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An EA spokesman said the work has the support of two local landowners who are allowing their fields to revert to salt marsh.
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About a third of the world's rice paddies have salt problems, and yields in such briny fields may be half what they would be if the water in them were fresh.
Both agree that geology is a strong card: there is thought to be enough space to store billions of tonnes of carbon in empty oil and gas fields alone, and far more in subterranean salt caverns.
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