PETROBRAS.

PETROBRAS, Brazil's state-run oil company, will receive US$497 million from insurance companies after its offshore oil platform exploded ex·plode
v. ex·plod·ed, ex·plod·ing, ex·plodes

v.intr.
1. To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space: and sank in March.

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Author:	DEMPSEY, MARY
Publication:	Latin Trade
Date:	Sep 1, 2001
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