Sentence examples for Petrobras from high-quality English sources.

• Political connections are essential for Petrobras.

• Dilma Rousseff—by prominent Brazilian corporations in return for contracts with Petrobras.

• Dozens of companies acknowledged paying bribes to politicians and officials in exchange for contracts with Petrobras.

• His case is set to go before Judge Sergio Moro, the anti-corruption crusader who has overseen the Petrobras inquiry, known as Operation Car Wash, since 2014.

• Petrobras is investing to boost gas production at home.

• Back in 2010 Petrobras was a symbol of Brazil’s economic rise.

• Most want Ms Rousseff to be impeached, although she has not been directly implicated in the Petrobras scandal.

• Petrobras raises debt through its subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance BV, based in the Netherlands.

Use Petrobras in a sentence.

• It was an exciting moment: Petrobras had found oil off the coast and Odebrecht would become Brazil’s biggest contractor.

• Petrobras has largely amortised its investment in the gasfields and has “very good cash flow” from them, says Mr Gabrielli.

• Her appointment of Maria das Graças Foster to the top job at Petrobras, the state-controlled oil firm, is particularly striking.

• Petrobras also forms partnerships with domestic and foreign companies, and it operates in more than 25 countries around the world.

• After Petrobras defrays its costs (including amortisation) it will split the remaining revenue with YPFB under a variable formula.

• In September the president fired his energy minister after Brazil objected to his plan to expropriate refineries owned by Petrobras.

• Prosecutors allege that the two men tried to help a former Petrobras director who has been convicted of corruption leave the country.

• From 2011 to 2016, state-controlled giant Petrobras - which plays a big part in domestic fuel prices - offered great subsidies to consumers.

Petrobras sentence examples

• Beginning in late 2014, Petrobras—already suffering from declining international oil prices—found itself at the centre of a huge political scandal.

• The most obvious consequence of the huge scandal surrounding the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras was the toppling of President Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached this week.

• What the official figures count as an American loan to Petrobras Global Finance BV in the Netherlands, the researchers reclassify as a loan to Petrobras in Brazil.

• Petrobras said: "It eliminates the risk of an adverse judgment which, as Petrobras has previously reported, could have a material adverse effect on the company and its financial situation, and puts an end to the uncertainties, burdens and costs of protracted litigation."