crude
Oct 10 2008, Francisco

The nine fields discovered in the last year are thought to hold 50 billion to 80 billion barrels of light crude — more than four times Brazil’s current provenreserves. Withthe find, Brazil could supply all of its own needs for nearly a century or...

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