With the new pre-salt regulatory framework, sanctioned at the end of last year, Norwegian companies prepared to increase investments in Brazil. During the trip of the President of the Republic, Michel Temer, to Norway, investors said that the country has become more attractive.

The president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Hans Olaf Lindal, said the two countries have a long history of friendship and business and that Brazil has been attractive not only in oil and gas. "Brazil continues to be one of the most important countries for Norway to expand business and invest," he said.

Aker Solutions' global executive director, Luis Araújo (photo), points out that Brazil is the third largest recipient of resources from Norway. Only Aker Solutions has applied R$ 500 million. "Statoil and Total are going to Brazil and we need more companies there. Petrobras alone could not develop all the pre-salt wealth," he argued.

Since the middle of last year, Aker employs 1 thousand Brazilians in a factory that produces submarine equipment in Curitiba (PR). According to Araújo, it is the largest in the world. Across the country, the company employs 3,000 people, most of them Brazilians.

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For the Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, Marcos Pereira, Temer's official trip to Norway brought important results. He reported that entrepreneurs who invest in Brazil were able to meet with members of the federal government to understand what has been done to modernize the Brazilian economy.

"These meetings are important not only to generate jobs in Brazil, but also important in the diplomatic field," he said. He called the new regulatory framework the pre-salt as an effective law and will bring opportunities for large companies to invest in Brazil. "And that's what we heard from several operators at the meeting we had," he said.