Petrobras Set to Export Ethanol to Venezuela;Looking to Japan,U.S.

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Brazils state-run oil firm Petrobras is shipping ethanol to Venezuela and looking to expand exports to Asia and North America,the company's downstream director said at the Hart World Refining & Fuels Conference in Rio de Janeiro.Petrobras plans to send its first ethanol shipment to Venezuela in July,with a second delivery scheduled for August,Paulo Roberto Costa told us on the sidelines of the conference.Costa wouldn't say how much ethanol will be shipped to Venezuela per shipment,but 25 million tons per shipment has been estimated by some here.