The
programme,
dubbed
Pron-Gas,
will
look
to
assess
the
economic
potential
of
oil
and
gas
in
the
nation's
sedimentary
basins,
with
an
eye
towards
nitrogen
fertiliser
production
and
other
energy
needs
for
the
nation's
agribusiness
sector,
the
state-run
Brazil
company
said.
The
initiative
will
work
with
the
company's
exploration
&
production
as
well
as
power
units,
in
addition
to
"third-party
technologies
currently
used
in
onshore
activities."
The
comments
come
as
Brazil
confronts
a
hydroelectric
power
shortage.
Last
October
Petrobras
signed
an
agreement
with
independent
HRT
to
evaluate
"monetisation"
possibilities
for
natural
gas
indications
discovered…
