Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) owes the government billions of dollars tied to offshore exploration rights but is unlikely to pay this year, a cabinet minister said.
The government’s 2018 budget does not include any revenue from the so-called “transfer of rights” area that has sparked a dispute with the company also known as Petrobras, Planning Minister Dyogo Oliveira said in an interview on Thursday.
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