Brazil’s Development Bank Funds Petrobras’s Platforms

Brazil’s National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is going to finance the construction of oil extraction platforms, P-51 and P-54, developed by Petrobras – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – in the value of US$ 642 million.

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