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BG Group set to invest up to $5bn in Brazil

By John Rumsey in São Paulo and Ed Crooks in London

Published: January 13 2009 22:26 | Last updated: January 13 2009 22:26

BG Group plans to invest up to $1.25bn (£862m) a year in Brazil over the next four years as it develops its share of the world’s most exciting oil discoveries for many years.

Frank Chapman, the oil and gas company’s chief executive, who was in Brazil meeting government officials on Tuesday, told reporters that the company planned to spend $4bn-$5bn in the country by 2012.

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