Petroleo Brasileiro SA is seeking refuge in Brazil’s domestic bond market as overseas borrowing costs surge amid a plunge in the local currency has exposed a mismatch between its real-based revenues and dollar debt payments.
The world’s most-indebted oil producer said it’s planning to sell 3 billion reais ($830 million) in local bonds. The move from the state-controlled company comes as crude prices trade near the lowest in a decade and after Brazil’s currency tumbled 27 percent this year, pushing up the cost of its debt.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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