(Brazilian energy minister, Edison Lobao) said that Brazil had declined the offer, saying his country has "other priorities"…
Mr. Lobao said that the invitation had come from Iran's ambassador to Brazil, Mohsen Shaterzadeh.
Although Brazil will not be taking up the ambassador's invitation, Mr. Lobao did not rule out joining OPEC at some point in the future.
Lobao’s comments came days after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and officials with state-run firm Petrobras viewed the first extraction of oil from the massive offshore Jubarte field.
U.S. Department of Energy figures place Brazil as the world's 13th-largest oil producer. Yet that could quickly change depending on the possible output of numerous recently discovered offshore fields.
Image- New York Times (“The P-43 floating platform is nearSources- The Latin Americanist, Canadian Press, BBC News, IHT
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