Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned off company, and White Martins, a Brazilian subsidiary of U.S. industrial gas company Praxair, spent an initial US$38 million to start up a joint venture that will distribute liquefied natural gas.
PETROBRAS, Brazil's state-owned state-owned adj → estatal, del estado
state-owned adj → étatisé(e)
state-owned state adj → off company, and White Martins, a Brazilian subsidiary of U.S. industrial gas company Praxair, spent an initial US$38 million to start up a joint venture that will distribute liquefied natural gas liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
A product of natural gas which consists primarily of methane. Its properties are those of liquid methane, slightly modified by minor constituents. . White Martins will build a plant in Paulina, Brazil with a capacity of 380 million cubic meters Noun 1. cubic meter - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters
cubic metre, kiloliter, kilolitre
metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms of natural gas daily.
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