Minister of Mines & Energy Edison Lobao emphasised in presenting the quartet of board members for Pre-Salt Petroleo (PPSA) that the members were chosen on "exclusively technical criteria."

"We recieved many names, of which we completed a refinement process and arrived at this choice," Lobao said.

Marco Antonio Martins Almeida, oil and gas director in the ministry, will serve as the president of the administrative board.

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