Brazil Oil Giant Petrobras Set to Delay Rig Deals for Major Field Amid Glut

Vessels in the Buzios field off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 24.Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg

Brazil’s national oil company will likely delay awarding as many as four drilling contracts for its largest offshore field by at least a few months, according to people familiar with the matter — a move that comes as traders eye the country’s production closely amid an emerging global crude glut.

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