President Magda Chambriard leads a visit to the NS-42 drilling rig in the Equatorial Margin.

On Monday (17), the president of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, received a delegation visiting the NS-42 drilling rig, which is carrying out exploratory research in the Morpho well, in deep waters off Amapá, on the Brazilian equatorial margin. The president accompanied the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira; the Minister of the Civil House, Miriam Belchior; and the President of the Federal Senate, David Alcolumbre.

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The NS-42 drilling rig is conducting exploratory research in the Morpho well, on the Brazilian equatorial margin, where Petrobras discovered the presence of hydrocarbons.