“Petrobras has stated that the Brazilian industry is supposedly unable to make deliveries within the established deadlines and that the prices practiced in the country are not competitive,” wrote Ariovaldo Rocha, president of Brazil’s biggest shipbuilding association, Sinaval.

“The (Petrobras) statement disregards many successful experiences, which have allowed successive production records in the pre-salt, all carried out with a high index of local content.”

Sinaval