This shift was taking place even before the Car Wash corruption crisis, when Petrobras was clamping down on contractors’ claims to cover change orders and other unforeseen costs.
These policies caught out some of the low-bidding contract winners who were later exposed as members of the Car Wash cartel.
The technical corps that makes up the heart and soul of Petrobras’ upstream division never saw it as their job to worry about the development of the Brazilian supply chain, but they were pushed in that direction.
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