Reuters: Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA expects to receive a permit to start operations at its RNEST or "Abreu e Lima" refinery in the country's northeast by mid-November, the firm said in a response to questions from Reuters.
Once that permit is issued, Petrobras, as the company is known, will be able to start commercial operations at the refinery, the statement said. The refinery is designed to process 230,000 barrels of crude oil a day but is not expected to reach that level until...