Nielmar de Oliveira
Agencia Brasil

Rio de Janeiro – Petrobras – Brazilian Oil S.A. – receives this Wednesday (22), in Salt Lake City, United States, the Hart’s World Refining Refiner & Energy Company of the Year award, in the international category.

Granted by Hart Energy, an American consulting and publishing group in the area of oil and energy, the award will be handed to Petrobras Refining Executive Manager, Alan Kardec Pinto.

According to Petrobras press service, one of the aspects considered for selecting the company as the refiner of the year relates to the impact its products have on the environment. In 2004, Petrobras was awarded the same Hart Energy prize for the first time.

Translation: Andréa Alves