Business gets $1 billion UK Government support for exports to Brazil
Oil and Gas sector set to benefit from guaranteed credit deal with Petrobras
UK Export Finance is guaranteeing a $1 billion line of credit for Petroleo Brasileiro Sociedade Anonima (Petrobras) to finance UK exports for Petrobras鈥� investment programme.
皇冠体育app line of credit is to expand Petrobras鈥� oil exploration and production facilities off the east coast of Brazil. It will be provided through HSBC and other lenders.
Petrobras will nominate export contracts with UK based companies to be financed from the line of credit. Supplies under consideration include rigs and vessels for exploration, remotely operated vehicles, control systems, compressors, global positioning services and hardware.
Prior to reaching its decision to support the line of credit UK Export Finance carried out a review to determine that Petrobras驴 environmental and social policies and practices meet international standards. 皇冠体育app review took into account reports produced by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement and BP following the Macondo incident in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
皇冠体育app Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore, who is currently heading the largest ever Scottish trade mission to Brazil organised by the SCDI, said:
鈥淭his guarantee is fantastic news for British companies and will be of particular help to firms in the North Sea oil and gas industry in Scotland. We have built up a huge amount of expertise in the drilling and exploration industries over the years as well as forging ahead with the new technologies needed to meet the emerging challenges facing the global industry. Today鈥檚 news of an export guarantee underlines the important links we are building with Brazil and other emerging economies which will be of benefit to Scottish business.鈥�
皇冠体育app UK Minister for Trade, Lord Green, said:
鈥淯K companies have a strong track record in oil exploration through their work in the North Sea. This line of credit will help these companies boost their exports to Brazil and will take the best of British technology to this important and growing market. I look forward to hearing about successes for companies of all sizes, from right across the UK, as a result of this UK Export Finance facility.鈥�