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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (ADR) (PBR)

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The national oil company of Brazil and directly or through its subsidiaries is engaged in the exploration, production, refining, distribution, import, export, marketing and transportation of hydrocarbons and oil products.

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Exploration (54), Mega Cap (146), Dividend (184), Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration (105), Brazil (31)
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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (ADR) At A Glance

Current Price: $65.70
Last Trade Time: 5/12/2008 4:02 PM
Open: $65.16
Previous Close: $64.60
Daily Range: $63.92 - $66.25
52-Week Range: $24.38 - $65.75
Volume: 13,628,563
Market Cap: $163.87B
P/E Ratio: 22.12
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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (ADR) (PBR)

Avatar masokotanga (97.89) Submitted: 5/08/08 12:23 PM

It's a good think CAPS isn't for real money, since they can't even calculate a stock split right! Hopefully they fix this by tomorrow.

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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (ADR) (PBR)

Avatar scottidog (47.23) Submitted: 3/05/08 8:43 AM

P/E = 23.6x v.17.7x for S&P 500


Price/Sales = 3.2x v 1.5x


Price/Cash Flow = 14.3x v 11.6


Profit Margin = 16.1% v 7.8%


Return on Equity = 22.0% v 15.6%


Return on Assets = 11.1% v 3.0%


Long Term Growth Rate = 29.8% v 13.0%
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Avatar NWTOGME (22.64) Submitted: 5/12/08 3:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $65.65 PBR Score: -0.01

Thanks for providing pick of the day. Pbr looks to have it all but I will choose comments carefully. Seems the more I know the more I dont. In real world Sara lee is my best bet for now. When is real estate comming back. Need confidence boost. Also no need for pick of the day discliamer, hopefuuly finished living in rat nests for now. Yep pass on that one.

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Avatar imobillc (70.12) Submitted: 5/12/08 12:44 PM : Outperform Start Price: $63.76 PBR Score: 2.45

********The Best stock to hold on to in 2008!********

"BUY" BUY BUY - real portfolio or Caps portfolio or wait for a "DIP" than BUY it!

** - 1st ever ethanol pipeline + what could be the largest oil discovery (100 billion barrels of oil reserves) = world leader producer/exporter;

** - Largest exporter of ethanol in the world (sugar cane ethanol).
First ever ethanol Pipeline ( Joint venture construction plans for proposed ethanol pipeline and associated port development project, MITSUI &CO. [Japan], PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA (PETROBRAS) & CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE (CVRD) [Brazil);

** - Haroldo Lima, the head of Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, said Monday that the deep-water Carioca field off Brazil could hold up to 33 billion barrels of oil, which would be the largest discovery in decades.

** - Currently largest ethanol exporter in the world.

- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras (Petrobras) is a Brazil-based holding company engaged in the exploration, production, refinement and distribution of oil and gas. The Company is involved in four business areas: Exploration and Production, Downstream, Gas & Energy and International. Petrobras has 109 production platforms and 15 refineries. It operates 31,089 kilometers of pipelines. The Company has various subsidiaries: Petrobras Quimica SA - Petroquisa, which is engaged in the production, commercialization, distribution, import and export of chemical products; Petrobras Distribuidora SA - BR, which is involved in the distribution and commercialization of oil products and natural gas, and Petrobras Netherlands BV - PNBV, which is active in the purchase, sale and rent of equipment and platforms for the production of oil and gas. Petrobras operates in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal, the United States, Peru and Turkey, among others.

In November 2007, the Company acquired Suzano Petroquimica S.A. In June 2007, Petrobras announced that it completed transfer of all of the shares of Petrobras Bolivia Refinancion S.A. to YPF S.A. In March 2007, the Company, Braskem S.A. and Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. announced the acquisition of Grupo Ipiranga. In September 2006, the Company announced the closing of the acquisition by Petrobras America, Inc. (PAI), its wholly owned subsidiary in the United States Gulf of Mexico, of 50% of Pasadena Refining System Inc. In June 2006, it completed the acquisition of 66% of Gaseba Uruguay-Grupo Gaz de France S.A. Also in June 2006, it completed the acquisition of Shell's fuel and lubricant retail and commercial businesses in Uruguay. In March 2006, it completed the acquisition of Shell's fuel and lubricant retail and commercial businesses in Paraguay.

Exploration, Development and Production

The Company's exploration and production segment includes exploration, development and production activities in Brazil and abroad. As of December 31, 2006, its estimated net proved crude oil and natural gas reserves in Brazil were approximately 10.573 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Crude oil represented 85% and natural gas represented 15% of these reserves. Its proved reserves are located principally in the Campos Basin. It conducts exploration, development and production activities in Brazil through concession contracts.

At December 31, 2006, Petrobras held 459 areas, representing 33,796,000 net acres (136,772 square kilometers). It has joint venture agreements for exploration and production in Brazil with 25 foreign and domestic companies. The Company is also active in exploration and production activities outside Brazil. At December 31, 2006, it produced crude oil from 36 fields in the Campos Basin and its proved crude oil reserves were 7.85 billion barrels, representing 87.3% of its total proved crude oil reserves. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the crude oil produced by Petrobras in the Campos Basin had an average API gravity of 23.2 and an average water cut of 1%. It has 29 floating production systems, 14 fixed platforms and 4,969 kilometers of pipeline and flexible pipes operating in 36 fields at water depths from 262 to 6,188 feet (80 to 1,886 meters) in the Campos Basin.

The Company's exploration rights to 48 blocks in this Basin, which are grouped into 23 block contracts, 13 onshore and 10 offshore, with an exploration acreage of 9.9 thousand square kilometers. During 2006, it produced 77.3 millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day of oil and natural gas in the Espirito Santo Basin (19.7 barrels of oil equivalent onshore and 57.6 barrels of oil equivalent offshore).

As of December 31, 2006, it had 459 areas, consisting of 247 production areas, 154 exploration areas and 58 development areas, for a total aggregate area of 42 million gross acres (170.1 thousand square kilometers). This total area represents 2.7% of the Brazilian sedimentary basins. As of December 31, 2006, it had 154 exploration agreements and 305 production agreements. In 69 of the 154 exploration agreements, the Company is exclusively responsible for conducting the exploration activities. Its participation ranges from 20% to 85% in the 85 exploration agreements in partnership, and in 54 of them the Company is responsible for conducting the exploration activities. As of December 31, 2006, it had partnerships in exploration with 21 foreign and domestic companies. During 2006, it drilled a total of 411 wells, 331 development wells and 80 exploratory wells. Of those wells, 283 development wells and 50 exploratory wells were located onshore and 48 development wells and 30 exploratory wells were located offshore.

Refining, Transportation and Marketing

The Company's refining, transportation and marketing business segment encompasses the refining, transportation and marketing of crude oil, oil products and fuel alcohol, including investments in petrochemicals. It owns and operates 11 refineries in Brazil, with total processing capacity of 1,986 million barrels per day. Its domestic refining capacity constitutes 98.4% of the Brazilian refining capacity. Petrobras transports oil products and crude oil to domestic wholesale and export markets through a coordinated network of marketing centers, storage facilities, pipelines and shipping vessels. Petrobras refineries are generally located near Brazil's population and industrial centers and near its production areas, which creates logistical efficiencies in its operations. At December 31, 2006, it had total installed refining capacity in Brazil of 1.986 million barrels per day.

Petrobras' refineries are located throughout Brazil. In Brazil, in 2006, it produced a total of 644 million barrels of oil products, or on daily basis 1,764 million barrels per day. The Company owns, operates and maintains a network of crude oil, oil products and natural gas pipelines connecting its terminals to refineries and other points of primary distribution throughout Brazil. On December 31, 2006, its onshore and offshore crude oil and oil products pipelines extended 6,280 miles or 10,104 kilometers in length, its natural gas pipelines aggregated approximately 6,073 miles or 9,771 kilometers in length, including the Brazilian side (1,612 miles or 2,593 kilometers) of the Bolivia-Brazil pipeline, and its flexible pipelines totaled 2,032
miles or 3,269 kilometers in length.

Petrobras conducts its petrochemical activities, with the exception of naphtha sales, through its subsidiary, Petrobras Quimica S.A. (Petroquisa). Petroquisa is a holding company with interests in nine operational petrochemical companies involved in the production and sale of basic and final petrochemical products and utilities.

Distribution

Through Petrobras Distribuidora S.A. (BR), Petrobras distributes oil products, biodiesel and fuel alcohol to retail, commercial and industrial customers throughout Brazil. Its operations are supported by tankage capacity of approximately 2.3 million cubic meters, at 127 storage facilities and 104 aviation product depots at airports throughout Brazil. In 2006, it sold 607.8 million barrels of oil products to wholesale customers, with gasoline and diesel fuel representing approximately 41.96% of these sales. Of its total sales in 2006, 171.1 million barrels of oil products were supplied to BR for retail marketing.

As of December 31, 2006, the Company's sales network in Brazil included 6,554 retail service stations, and comprised approximately 18% of the total number of service stations in Brazil, all under the brand name BR. Over 65% of these BR stations are located in the South and Southeast regions of Brazil, where over 57.2% of Brazil's total population of 188 million reside. Of these 6,554 service stations, 5,870 were active stations and BR owned 638. The other 5,232 service stations were owned and operated by dealers, who use the BR brand name under license with BR facilities as their exclusive suppliers. BR provides technical support, training and advertising for its network of service stations.

Natural Gas, Power and Renewable Energy

Petrobras' natural gas and power activities encompass the purchase, sale and transportation of natural gas produced or imported into Brazil. In addition, this segment includes its domestic electric energy generation and commercialization activities, as well as participation in domestic natural gas transportation companies, state-owned and private natural gas distribution companies and gas-fired power plants. The Company is also involved in the development of renewable energy, alternative energy and energy efficiency projects with the objective of decreasing carbon emissions resulting from its activities.

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Avatar CrossingtheT (95.29) Submitted: 5/12/08 10:34 AM : Outperform Start Price: $64.21 PBR Score: 1.25

Looks to me that this is the major with the most reserves. This is a long term buy. In the short term there may be some headwinds since petrol products are capped in Brazil.

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Avatar trippenhammer (37.71) Submitted: 5/11/08 4:11 PM : Outperform Start Price: $65.16 PBR Score: -0.04

Great oil play, will capitailize on falling dollar and rising inflation.

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Avatar brumoraes (29.79) Submitted: 5/09/08 6:28 PM : Outperform Start Price: $65.16 PBR Score: -0.04

will have a good next couple of years

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