Big Oil Won't Bite on Brazil's New Deal
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The Brazilian government is trying to sweeten the deal for the Libra field auction that is scheduled for next week, but what they are offering is still not going to be enough to get big oil names ExxonMobil and BP to change their minds and participate in the auction. In this segment, Tyler discusses why the mandate for Petrobras to be the primary operator in the field is more of the reason why ExxonMobil and BP are sitting this one out than what the government is offering to change.
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