Oil sector next for private investment but too early to speak of privatization
Rio De Janeiro - With the privatization of Telebr s finished, the oil sector will be the next item on the agenda for infrastructure reformularization by the government. " In the coming year, it will be the petroleum sector that will attract the public attention ", the said David Zylbersztajn, president of the National Agency of Petroleum. Guaranteeing that the first sales of interests in oil fields will be carried out in April of 1999, Zylbersztajn commented, however, that still it is premature to think about a privatization, such as with the telephony system. " We are in a process of incorporation of private capitals, and not of privatization ", it
commented.
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ANP: ‚ cedo para falar em privatiza‡ao
Rio de Janeiro - Encerrada a privatiza‡ao da Telebr s, o setor de
petr¢leo ser o pr¢ximo item da pauta de reformula‡ao de
infra-estrutura do governo. "No ano que vem, ser o setor petrol¡fero
que atrair a aten‡ao p£blica", disse o presidente da Agˆncia Nacional do
Petr¢leo, David Zylbersztajn. Garantindo que as primeiras licita‡oes para
concessao de campos de petr¢leo serao realizadas at‚ abril de 1999,
Zylbersztajn comentou, no entanto, que ainda ‚ prematuro pensar numa
privatiza‡ao, como a do sistema de telefonia. "Estamos num processo de
incorpora‡ao de capitais privados, e nao de privatiza‡ao", comentou.
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