Petrobras Pays $128M For Boidesel Producer

Petrobras has acquired a 50% stake in Brazilian biodiesel company BSBIOS Industria e Comercio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil.

Petrobras has acquired a 50% stake in Brazilian biodiesel company BSBIOS Industria e Comercio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil, The Wall Street Journal reports. The state-owned energy-company paid a total of $128.4 million for the acquisition.

As a part of the transaction, the buyer seeks to spend around $3.5 billion through 2014 to boost biofuels output. Petrobras is seeking partnerships and acquisitions in the biofuels sector to more than double output by 2014.

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