In an interview with the public channel TV Brasil, in October 2021, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, the name nominated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) this Wednesday (6) for the presidency of Petrobras, defended international price parity for fuels in the country.
“We have to have domestic market prices related to import parity prices. Because if that were not the case, we would not have any economic agent with the aptitude or desire to bring derivatives to the domestic market. And that could lead to shortages for the country.”
Raquel Landim, economics analyst at CNNrecalls that this was exactly the argument of General Joaquim Silva e Luna, current president of the state-owned company, to readjust fuel prices, since Brazil does not dominate oil refining.
From the point of view of the company’s minority shareholders, Landim learned, the view is “the lesser of evils”. “At least, this entire framework that was assembled at Petrobras, had a fire test and passed”, assesses Landim.
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Graduated in Industrial Chemistry, Coelho was secretary of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. He resigned from the portfolio in October 2021, where he has served since April 2020.
Ferreira Coelho has been leading the Board of Directors of PPSA (Empresa Brasileira de Administração de Petróleo e Gás Natural) since May 2020 to date.
Before joining the Ministry of Mines and Energy, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho worked for almost 13 years at Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE).
The MME also nominated Marcio Andrade Weber for the presidency of the state-owned company’s Board of Directors. Weber is a civil engineer with a specialization in Petroleum Engineering at Petrobras, which he joined in 1976, having worked for 16 years at the state-owned company.
According to Petrobras, which confirmed receipt of the letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy with the indications, Weber is one of the pioneers in the development of the Campos Basin. He also worked for the state-owned company abroad. Currently, the engineer advises the PMI group.
Source: CNN Brasil
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