Petrobras and Norway's Statoil are expanding an existing partnership to help the Brazilian state-controlled company arrest declining production at aging wells in the offshore Campos basin, according to sources.

Canada's federal government on Monday vowed to bring in a minimum price on carbon emissions by 2018, prompting the energy-producing province of Alberta to demand approval of a key oil pipeline in return.

Oil prices dipped early on Tuesday, weighed down by a rise in Iranian exports that added to a global supply overhang - although a planned Opec-led supply cut later this year has lent crude some support.

Con el otorgamiento a favor de Petropar del monopolio parcial (mínimo 50%) en la importación de gasoil tipo III (común), nafta virgen y nafta de 85 octanos y el monopolio parcial en la venta de dichos carburantes, la estatal tiene incluso la atribución para restringir “a su gusto” la concesión de la licencia previa de importación a sus competidores del mercado. El ente es el que debe informar al respecto al MIC para que esta última autorice.