The chief executive of Brazilian oil company Prio is 'optimistic' about talks with China's oil and chemicals firm Sinochem for the potential purchase of a stake in the Peregrino oil field, he told Reuters on Wednesday.No binding agreement has been reached so far, Prio said in a securities filing, after newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported earlier in the day that the firm was looking to close this week a deal valued at as much as $1…
The next chief executive of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, arrives with the résumé and mandate to make Brazil's state-run oil firm what it was under prior Workers Party governments: an engine of job creation and industrial development, said people familiar with the matter…