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Sonangol, Maersk Oil and partners strike oil with their first deepwater pre-salt well offshore Angola

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There is substantial evaluation work ahead of us to determine whether the discovery is enough to invest further to get production going. In November 2006, it acquired a 50% interest and operatorship of Blocks 8 and 23 with Svenska Petroleum Exploration (30%) and Sonangol (20%).

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GM Brazil to Invest R$2B in Expansion and New Line of Chevrolet Small Cars

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Included in the investment program is the renewal of the current line of Chevrolet vehicles in 2012, and the launch of a new line of small cars (two models) for Brazil and emerging markets—“Project Onyx.”. The two new models of Project Onyx are scheduled to reach the market from 2012. This will be the second expansion to Gravataí.

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