Petrobras new chief sworn in as market worries Brazil's government will have heavier hand

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased government intervention in the company.— who nominated Chambriard — attended the ceremony at a Petrobras research center in Rio de Janeiro, along with Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira.following months of tensions with the federal government.

“The company's governance has improved a lot. Managers today are aware of the responsibilities they have, and corruption is obviously punished,” he said. Earlier this year, Petrobras decided to not pay extraordinary dividends to shareholders, prompting company shares to plunge. Lula defended the move and called the market a “voracious dinosaur”, while Brazilian media reported Prates had been opposed.

“That could be a problem if this involves investing in inefficient and/or unprofitable projects. We’re not sure this will occur, but that’s what happened under previous administrations,” he added.Like Prates, Chambriard has defended oil and gas exploration in a region known as the Equatorial Margin, an environmentally sensitive region near the mouth of the Amazon River.

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