Petrobras informs that the amount of US$ 1 billion, associated with the financial leasing of P-52 platform, signed with ICBC Leasing (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Leasing) and announced to the market on October 13th,2015, was disbursed yesterday (8 March).

The transaction has a 10 year maturity and is part of the cooperation agreement between Petrobras and ICBC Leasing, signed during the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to Brazil in May 2015.

This deal fits within Petrobras' financial strategy of diversifying its funding sources.