RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said Monday it suspended test production at a well in the offshore Tupi field due to an equipment problem. The massive Tupi field forms part of a cluster of offshore oil fields buried beneath a layer of salt far below the ocean's surface that hold the potential of turning Brazil into a major energy exporter. Petrobras said it found a manufacturing problem with fixation bolts used in a device called a Wet Christmas Tree at well 3-RJS-646,... [read full story]
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