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This excerpt taken from the PBR 6-K filed Aug 18, 2009. Page 140
The main events impacting the year-on-year reduction were: The reduction in gross profit due to lower international oil prices; Lower equity income due to losses on investments in the USA from the acquisition of the remaining 50% of the Pasadena refinery.
Higher oil prices and the upturn in sales volume due to the start-up of production in Akpo, in Nigeria, increased gross profit by R$ 189 million. The constitution of provisions for losses on investments in the USA in the 1Q-2009 also contributed to the improvement. |
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