Union claims IOC lobbyists pressuring Brazil legislators

摘要

Brazil's largest union of oil workers, the Federacao Unica dos Petroleiros, claimed international oil companies are pressuring legislators to amend a bill that would extend special benefits to the country's state-run Petroleo Brazileiro SA. There's a very strong presence of lobbyists in the Chamber of Deputies (lower house), represented by the Brazilian Petroleum Institute, said FUP general coordinator Joao Antonio de Moraes. In its monthly report, the International Energy Agency noted discussion of the proposed new regulations continue in Brazil's legislature, and future bidding rounds depend on their approval.