Financial and Investor Relations Director, Almir Barbassa, said that last year "Petrobras reached extraordinary results and doubled its market value. The company's total investments in 2007 were R$45.3 billion, 34% more than a year ago."

To Barbassa, "the company earned Bovespa shareholders an 84% return in one year. Meanwhile, New York Stock Exchange shareholders' rate was 131%. "This happened because of the pre-salt reserves. The market understood this changes the company's value."

The company's net profit was R$21.5 billion. Oil production increased in 2007, and is expected to grow even more in 2008 because the platforms that went online last year have not reached peak production capacity yet.

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