Partial view of the Petrobras P-51 semi-submersible off-shore …

August 31, 2009

(AFP) – Partial view of the Petrobras P-51 semi-submersible off-shore oil platform under construction at the Brasfelf shipyard in Angra dos Reis, 180 km south of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2008. Brazil is to boost state control of vast, recently discovered offshore oil fields by giving its oil company Petrobras a minimum 30 percent stake in areas open to foreign company exploitation. Photo:Vanderlei Almeida/AFP