Lula affirms that Brazil can return to being an exporter of diesel oil and gasoline.

President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said this Tuesday, 2, in an interview with the program of TV Guararapes, from Pernambuco, that Brazil "can return to being an exporter of diesel and gasoline as we discover more highly productive oil wells." "The time has come to finish (the Abreu and Lima refinery), Brazil is self-sufficient in oil, we think that this will meet a very important part of the Northeast. Brazil can return to being an exporter of diesel and gasoline as we discover more highly productive oil wells," said the president. Lula said that "this refinery is a very old dream." "I remember the fight among governors of many states for a refinery and they told me that whoever got the refinery would have it made here. (Hugo) Chávez (president of Venezuela) came here and agreed to form a partnership, but he didn't put up any money, then he died and we had to make the refinery alone," he declared. The president also stated that he wants Petrobras to be a "model" ...