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Biocom: Angola Invests in Bioenergy

Using Sugarcane

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4 new highway solutions for santo domingo

The Norte-Sul Consortium (Odebrecht Latin America and Angola and Estrella S.A.) and the Dominican Republic Ministry of Public Works and Communications signed a contract to build new highway structures for the city of Santo Domingo.

6 bioenergy is coming Odebrecht Angola, Sonangol and Damer, which form the joint venture Biocom (Companhia de Bioenergia de Angola), are building the country’s first bioenergy plant in the municipality of Cacuso in Malanje.

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10 all together! Members of Rota das

Bandeiras are already working at the new head office of the concessionaire in Itatiba, rural São Paulo, which also houses the Operational Control Center, one of the most modern in the country.

12 to all our women… The female Members of

Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial, Odebrecht Latin America and Angola, Foz do Brasil and Odebrecht Infraestrutura were honored for International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8.

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On March 16, the Norte

Sul Consortium - formed by

Odebrecht Latin America and

Angola and Estrella S.A. - and

the Dominican Republic

Ministry of Public Works and

Communications signed a

contract to build new highway

structures for the city of Santo

Domingo, the country’s capital.

The Norte-Sul Corridor Project

will receive investments of US$

255 million and be completed

in 32 months. The companies

expect to generate 3,500 direct

and indirect job opportunities

during the construction period.

The new highway corridor

will consist of eight structures,

three uneven and five tunnels,

along a total extension of 6,200

meters.

Operating in the Dominican

Republic for over 8 years,

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New Highway Solutions for Santo Domingo

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From left to right: Manuel Estrella, President of the Estrella Group; Victor Díaz Rúa, Dominican Republic Minister of Public Works and Communications; and Marco Cruz, Managing Director of Odebrecht Latin America and Angola

Odebrecht Latin America

and Angola is also respon-

sible, together with Estrella

S.A., for the construction

work along the Duarte

Corridor in Santo Domingo.

The project includes nine

highway projects that con-

nect the city in the East-

West direction and will

facilitate the commute of 1

million vehicles per day.

“These projects will pro-

duce significant savings in

fuel, thanks to the increased

fluidity of traffic, and also

increase driver safety,” said

Víctor Díaz, member of the

Ministry of Public Works and

Communications. “We should

pay off the two developments

in five years,” he said.The illustration shows stretches of the Norte-Sul Corridor, the new project to free up traffic in the country’s capital

Over 1,550 Members work on the Duarte Corridor, already underway in

Santo Domingo

New Highway Solutions for Santo Domingo

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> angola

Bioenergy is Coming

After five years of research, productivity

tests and the choice of the best species of

sugarcane for the terrain, Odebrecht Angola

(subsidiary of Odebrecht Latin America and

Angola), Sonangol (Sociedade Nacional de

Petróleos de Angola) and Damer are

moving forward with the

construction of the country’s first bioenergy

plant. It is an agroindustrial unit of Companhia

de Bioenergia de Angola - Biocom, a joint

venture formed by three companies located

in the municipality of Cacuso, 350 km from

Luanda.

During the first phase, the plant should pro-

cess 2 million tons of sugarca-

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Thirty-five percent of the construction

work has been completed for the

first bioenergy plant in Angola, called

Biocom

ne per harvest. Distributed throughout 30,000 hectares of land, the sugar-

cane will produce 260,000 tons of sugar, 30,000 cubic meters of ethanol and

45 MW of electric energy.

With the project, Angola, which imports sugar from other countries,

should become production self-sufficient. “Currently, the country imports

some 400,000 tons of sugar per year,” explained Rui Gourgel, Chairman

of the Board of Directors. “Biocom will help reduce exports and bring

social-economic development to the country’s rural region,” said Gourgel.

Furthermore, the operation of the plant will give the country the mastery of

the technology it needs to manufacture ethanol. Biocom estimates that, in

just a few years, the country will be able to export sugar and biofuel.

The construction work began at the sugar production line and approxi-

mately 35% of the industrial assembly has been completed. During a visit

to the installations on February 24 of this year, the Minister of the Economy,

Abraão Gourgel, together with the Governor of the Province of Malanje,

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Boaventura Cardoso, highlighted the progress

of the work. “We were impressed with the

progress of the construction work and we are

optimistic that the plant will begin operating

next year,” said the minister.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Last year, 62 Biocom Members came to Brazil

to take part in training courses at the Dourados

National Industrial Training Service (SENAI) in

Mato Grosso do Sul, with the support of the

ETH Bioenergia Eldorado Unit.

Students spent six months in the country

and received certifications from industrial ope-

rators to manufacture sugar and alcohol and

cogenerate electric energy. “We participated in

theoretical classes at SENAI and the practical

classes took place at the ETH plant,” said Elias

Jorge do Nascimento Mouzinho, Head of the

Environmental Conservation and Control Sector.

“We learned about mechanized harvesting and

sugarcane transportation and storage,” he said.

“This partnership is an example of success

between private companies from the two

The planting of sugarcane occupies 30,000 hectares of land

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For six months, Members of Biocom participated in a training course in Brazil with the support of ETH

countries,” said Gourgel.

“Angola has all the climatic

and infrastructure condi-

tions to obtain the know-

ledge that Brazil has,” he

said.

According to Gourgel,

the project should have

a work force of over 800

people and could produce

approximately 4,000 indi-

rect job opportunities.

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> rota das bandeiras

All together! Since March 14, Members of Rota das

Bandeiras have been working at the new

head office of the concessionaire in Itatiba,

rural São Paulo.

Built along the edge of the Dom Pedro

I Highway (SP-065), at km 110 along a

2,000-m² terrain, the building, which recei-

ved investments of R$ 12 million, came to

house all of the company’s areas, before

divided into two different sites in the city

of Atibaia. The change will help improve

synergy between all sectors of the conces-

sionaire.

During the construction and installation

of the new head office, a great deal of care

was taken, such as the acquisition of ergo-

metric furniture to guarantee the health of

the over 100 professionals who work at the

site

Furthermore, Rota das Bandeiras built a

cafeteria capable of producing up to 2,000

meals per day and offered a bus to trans-

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The new Rota das Bandeiras head

office gathers over 100 Members

The Rota das Bandeiras Operational Control Center (OCC) is one of the most modern in the country: safety and comfort for users

port Members between the

cities of Itatiba and Atibaia.

“We are investing in state-

of-the-art technology and

the training of our professio-

nals to offer safer and more

comfortable highways to

the users of the Dom Pedro

Corridor,” explained Managing

Director Luiz César Costa.

MONITORING CENTER

The new building also hou-

ses the Rota das Bandeiras

Operational Control Center (OCC), one of the most

modern in the country.

Since the start of implementation of the intelligent

highway concept, the concessionaire has already ins-

talled 73 monitoring cameras along the 297 kilome-

ters of concession roads. Over the upcoming months,

another 15 should begin operating for the comfort

and safety of the users of the Dom Pedro Corridor.

In addition to camera monitoring, the OCC allo-

ws for the operation of 11 variable message panels

(VMP) - seven already in operation - and 23 traffic

analyzers. The tools are used to count and classi-

fy the flow of vehicles, in addition to analyzing the

highway’s capacity.

The concessionaire investment program plans

for a R$ 1.2 billion investment in the improvement,

conservation and maintenance of the Dom Pedro

Corridor during the first six years of the concession

alone.

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> tribute

Scaffolding Assembly

Assistant. This is the function of

the 15 women who participa-

ted in the Acreditar (“Believe”)

Continued Professional

Qualification Program and who

today are part of the CONPAR

Consortium (Odebrecht

Engenharia Industrial, UTC

Engenharia and OAS) in

Paraná.

Elizete Pinto dos Santos

stated that the new work has

been a great experience. “In

the beginning, I thought that

this type of activity could

only be done by men,” she

said. “But I discovered that I

have all the prerequisites to

be a Scaffolding Assembler,”

she said.

The leader of the Members,

Rogério Soares, Technical

Scaffolding Assistant, explains

that he had never worked with

a team of women before. “The

productivity is excellent,” he

said. “They are committed and

have posture.” For Fábio L. de

Mattos, the Safety Technician

responsible for the area, The women of the CONPAR Consortium represent 10% of the construction project’s total work force

To all Our Women…

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The 412 Members participated in activities to celebrate International Women’s Day

organization and cleaning

are strengths of the female

Members. “They are extremely

willing to complete the activi-

ties and attentive to the servi-

ce” he pointed out.

The 412 women who work at

the CONPAR Consortium repre-

sent 10% of the construction

project’s total work force. On

March 8, the female Members

were honored for International

Women’s Day and participated

in an afternoon filled with acti-

vities focused on the theme

“Quality of Life.”

Not only were the fema-

le Members of the CONPAR

Consortium honored for the

globally celebrated date. The

woman’s role was also cele-

brated at the Organization’s

different contracts and compa-

nies, both in Brazil as well as in

other countries.

THE MONTH OF MARCH IS

THEIRS

Because Angolan Women’s

Day and International Women’s

Day are celebrated in Angola

on March 2 and 8, respectively,

To all Our Women…

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In Angola, the month of March is considered Women’s Month

Folkloric presentations in the Dominican Republic marked the date

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March is considered Women’s

Month. Therefore, the projects

undertaken by Odebrecht

Angola, subsidiary of Odebrecht

Latin America and Angola, are

promoting different activities

during the month for their

female Members.

The events began on March

8 with a networking lunch in

Luanda. During the following

days, the women participated

at the contract sites in theater

presentations and listened to

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Members of Foz do Brasil de Limeira, located in rural São Paulo, received gifts

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lectures on different topics,

such as Women’s Rights,

Nutrition and Beauty, Women’s

Health, Malaria, Uterine

and Breast Cancer and the

Acquisition and Legalization

of Lands, which were led by

specialists.

Angolan Women’s Day is

recognition of the role that

women played fighting in the

resistance against colonial

occupation. “The woman has a

fundamental role reconstruc-

ting the country,” said Ana de

Sousa Sebastião dos Santos

Lopes, administrative profes-

sional. “We have several diffe-

rent examples of important

figures in Angola’s history as

an independent nation, such

as Deolinda Rodrigues, Irene

Cohen, Engrácia dos Santos,

Teresa Afonso and Lucrécia

Paim,” she said.

In the Dominican Republic,

Odebrecht Latin America and

Angola gathered 200 women

from the communities located

around the El Rio - Jarabacoa

Highway construction work in

the Province of La Veja, for pre-

sentations by the Nodestana

Catholic University Folkloric

Group, which showed the typi-

cal dances of different regions

of the country.

CELEBRATIONS IN BRAZIL

Foz do Brasil undertook

actions at its units to celebra-

te International Women’s Day.

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At the Dom Pedro I Corridor in São Paulo, female

Members received cosmetics as gifts.

At the “Live Happy”

Project in Rio de

Janeiro, cards with

photos of the female

professionals were

distributed to the

50 female Members,

together with flowers.

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Members listened to lectures

and received cards and gifts.

Currently, the 352 women at

the company account for 21%

of the professional work force.

In several different Brazilian

states, the female Members of

Odebrecht Infraestrutura were

also honored.

The female professionals

from the Recife, Rio de Janeiro

and São Paulo offices received

cards, mugs and makeup.

In Rio de Janeiro, the

Metropolitan Arch project

held a breakfast on March 3

for the 37 women working

on the construction project -

14% of the total work force -,

who also received free beauty

consulting services. At the

COMPERJ Water Main cons-

truction site in Itaboraí, fema-

le Members received a visit

from members of the Center

of Reference in Women’s

Assistance on March 17 and

listened to a talk about the

“Maria da Penha” Law, created

to combat violence against

women.

Learn more about other

actions to celebrate

International Women’s Day at

the Odebrecht Infraestrutura

projects:

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FELIZ DIA DA MULHER! 08 DE MARÇO – DIA INTERNACIONAL DA MULHER

At the Trensurb Project in Rio Grande do

Sul, the Communication team of the Nova

Via Consortium Communication (Odebrecht

Infraestrutura, Andrade Gutierrez and

Toniolo/Busnello) delivered roses and cards

to the Members.

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> fast news

Luiz de Mendonça was

chosen to lead the Braskem

International Business Unit,

which is becoming part of

Braskem America - a U.S.-

based operation resulting

from the acquisition of the

polypropylene assets of

Sunoco Chemicals in 2010 -

and all the company’s global

expansion projects, including

those underway in Mexico,

Peru and Venezuela. At

Braskem America, with head

office in Philadelphia, he assu-

mes the presidency to replace

Luiz de Mendonça was formerly President of Quattor and has also served as the Vice President of the Polymer and Basic Raw Material units at Braskem

A new Leader in Braskem’s International AreaS.A. The business area focu-

sed on renewable raw mate-

rials, which includes Green

PE, will also fall under his res-

ponsibility.

“Braskem is developing a

very solid international base

by firming a strategic position

in the world’s largest consu-

mer market, the United States,

where our operation already

presents excellent results,

including record production

and a significant increase in

cash generation,” said Luiz de

Mendonça.

In February of this year, the

CONEST Consortium, for-

med Odebrecht Engenharia

Industrial and OAS, achieved

Recognition from the Client

Part of the CONEST Consortium ADU team celebrates the client’s recognition

the mark of 5 million man-hours

worked without time loss acci-

dents at the construction pro-

jects for its two contracts.

Carlos Fadigas, the current

Business Leader of Braskem

The consortium is responsible

for constructing the eight units

of the Abreu e Lima Refinery

in Pernambuco as part of the

contracts for the Atmospheric

Distillation Unit (ADU) and

Diesel Hydrotreatment, Naphtha

Hydrotreatment and Hydrogen

Generation (HDT) Units.

The ADU achieved 2.8 million

man-hour worked without time

loss accidents and the HDT

achieved 2.2 million. Last month,

Petrobras delivered the ADU

team with a special plaque for

reaching two million man-hours

worked without incidents.

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The advertisement for the Aquapolo Project in GWI reveals the charac-teristics of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest pro-ject dedicated to reuse water production

The Aquapolo Project was

chosen to compete for one

of the world’s main awards

in the Water market, the

Global Water Award, promo-

ted by GWI (Global Water

Intelligence), one of the

main publications on water

and sanitation worldwide.

Aquapolo, founded as part

of a partnership between

Foz do Brasil and SABESP,

will carry industrial water

(reuse) produced from

the sewage processed

at the Greater São Paulo

Sewage Treatment Plant

to the Braskem unit in the

Petrochemical Center loca-

ted between the munici-

palities of Mauá and Santo

André, in the São Paulo

Metropolitan Region. The

project, currently being

constructed by Odebrecht

Infraestrutura, is the

largest in the Southern

Hemisphere and one of

the 10 largest in the world

dedicated to reuse water

production.

The choice of the Global

Water Award winner will

be determined through a

voting by the sector’s main

executives. The award will

be delivered in April by

the former UN Secretary-

General, Kofi Annan, in

Berlin, Germany.

Aquapolo Competes for International Award

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> fast news

Strengthening the relationship between con-

sumers and farmers. This is the proposal of the

website for Cultiverde Produtos Sustentáveis - the

most highly sold brand in Brazil’s Northeastern

region and the third most popular in Brazil for

heart of palm cultivated by members of the Bahia

Southern Lowlands Heart of Palm Producers’

Cooperative (COOPALM). At the space, users can

learn more about the history and obtain the con-

tact information for some of the rural producers.

The website also offers recipes using heart

of palm, the certifications earned by the coo-

peratives and recordings of the COOPALM

radio program, which is aired in the region. The

“Culticasts,” as they are known, feature interviews

with the field workers, who share their life stories

and the results they have achieved, as well as

interviews with the educator assistants and social

partners.

COOPALM is an institution tied to the Bahia

Southern Lowlands Environmental Protection Area

Mosaic Integrated and Sustainable Development

Program (PDIS), instituted by the Odebrecht

Foundation, and includes 496 members.

Visit the website. Access:

www.cultiverde.com.br

Cultiverde Products Now Online

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Asociación Odebrecht Perú (part

of Odebrecht Peru, a subsidiary of

Odebrecht Latin America and Angola) and

the South IIRSA Concessionaire - Stretches

2 and 3 (Odebrecht Peru, Graña y Montero

S.A., JJC Contratistas Generales S.A. and

ICCGSA - Ingenieros Civiles y Contratistas

Generales S.A.) launched the “South Inter-

Oceanic Guide: From Cusco to Rio Branco,”

with aims of promoting sustainable deve-

lopment and encouraging tourism in the

region.

The publication offers information on

the tourist points along the new highway,

which connects two of the most important

Peruvian destinations - Machu Picchu and

the Tambopata National Reserve.

According to a study of potential offer

and demand elaborated by Odebrecht

Peru and the South Inter-Oceanic Initiative

(iSur), 60,000 Brazilian tourists from Rio

Branco, in Acre, would be willing to travel

to Machu Picchu along the South

IIRSA.

The highway passes

through the Andes

Mountain Range,

rainforests and plains

in the Peruvian

Amazon, concentra-

ting a vast biological

and cultural diversity

along its extension.

The South IIRSA

The Los Teques Line 2 Subway, currently being

built by Odebrecht Venezuela and Vinccler, recei-

ved the Caterpillar Certificate from Venequip S.A.

for its organization and dedication to complying

with the 94 standards in the 16 categories of the

Contamination Control Program. The construc-

tion project earned the maximum score in the

qualification system at the end of 2010, receiving

five stars.

The Caterpillar Contamination Control Program

is a system created to provide support for equip-

ment users with aims of boosting productivity as

much as possible and cutting machine operating

costs, extending the useful life of the components.

It is focused primarily on the care and organiza-

tion of the construction site areas, the correct sto-

rage of parts and components, the maintenance

processes and professional training.

Qualification for Venezuela’s Subway

The Los Teques Subway, whose Line 1 is currently operating, will facilitate the commute of Altos Mirandinos residents to the city of Caracas

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> fast news

Ismael Mateus autographs his book “Laços de Sangue” (“Blood Ties”) during the launch, which included the presence of Angolan persona-lities from the areas of culture and politics

With the support of Odebrecht Angola (subsidiary

of Odebrecht Latin America and Angola) and OLEX

- Odebrecht Logística e Exportação, Angolan journalist

Ismael Mateus launched the book “Laços de Sangue”

(“Blood Ties”) on February 24 at the head office of the

Angolan Writers’ Union in Luanda.

Mateus’ publication, the seventh of his career, features

an analysis of the country’s daily life, addresses social

aspects, primarily those related to the current behavior

of Angolan families, and encourages reflection on family

values. Using a fluid style of language, the author also

points out dilemmas and issues such as corruption, poli-

tics, old age and human relations.

Odebrecht Angola was responsible for transporting the

books, which were printed in Brazil.

Incentive toward Culture

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In February of this year,

the “Live Happy” and Salobo

projects, undertaken by

Odebrecht Infraestrutura,

were recognized in the cate-

gories of quality, health, work-

place safety, environment and

social responsibility.

Undertaken in the city of

Campos de Goytacazes, in Rio

de Janeiro, the “Live Happy”

Project – which involves the

construction of 350 low inco-

me housing units - received

Odebrecht Infraestrutura Receives Award

In Rio de Janeiro, 350 housing units are being built under the “Live Happy” Project

As part of the Salobo Project, Odebrecht Infraestrutura is building a road that will facilitate the transportation of copper

a recommendation from

Bureau Veritas Certification

for the quality certificate

based on the PBQP-H SiAC

Level A standard, covering

the scope of Building Project

Execution.

Responsible for the cons-

truction of the highway

that will connect the futu-

re copper exploration and

processing plant to the rai-

lway junction in Paraupebas

as part of the Salobo

Project in Pará, Odebrecht

Infraestrutura earned first

place among the VALE

contracted parties in the

Development Performance

Evaluation Program in the

items Health, Workplace

Safety, Environment, Social

Responsibility, Administration,

Physical Evolution, Resource

Availability and Estimated

Earnings.

The Salobo Project, under-

taken by Salobo Metais

S.A., a member of the VALE

Group, has the largest

copper reserve yet to be dis-

covered in Brazil.

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> fast news

On February 20, the Rio

Paraguaçu Consortium

(Odebrecht Engenharia

Industrial, UTC Engenharia

and Queiroz Galvão) conduc-

ted the main commissioning

test on land for the P-59

self-lifting rig in Maragogipe,

Bahia.

The jacking procedure con-

sists of the operating test

for the lift system, the set of

structures that characterizes

this type of rig by allowing

for the movement of the hull

along the legs. The test was

conducted with one-third of

the legs assembled, since the

structures will be completed

after launching the rig into

the water, representing the

advancement to the offshore

stage of the construction.

The entire procedure was

followed by representatives

of LeTourneau, the licensing

company of the construction

technology used in the P-59

and P-60 Project, and required

specific preparatory training.

During the jacking process,

the rig’s hull was lifted a few

meters and since then has

been maintained two meters

from the concrete blocks that

serve as the base for assem-

bling the unit. The idea is to

guarantee the space required

for the installation of the loa-

ding skids to complete the

loud-out and later launch into

the water, which will kick off

the offshore stage of the P-59

rig construction and assembly

process.

Tests on the P-59 Rig

The teams involved with the P-59 commissioning test listened to lectures during the preparation for operation

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At the end of February, Odebrecht

Engenharia Industrial in Argentina launched

the Contract Team Development Program for

Partner Leaders (PDEC) in the city of Bahía

Blanca, located in the Province of Buenos

Aires.

The first group of the course, which con-

sists of 28 Members of the Gas Pipeline

Project and the Documentation, Finances,

Commercial, Administrative, Communication,

Workplace Safety, Health and Environment,

Engineering, South Conduits and North and

South Compressor Plant areas, gathered on

February 24, 25 and 26 for the program’s

initial module. The meeting focused on the

theme “Achievement.”

PDEC will continue for three months with

distance courses and on-site meetings. The

other two modules will focus on Mobilization

and Execution and Demobilization.

Developing Partner Leaders

Members of Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial in Argentina participate in PDEC: training of partner leaders

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On March 11 at Maracanã

Stadium, Odebrecht

Infraestrutura delivered the Red

Cross the donations acquired

for the victims of the floods

that affected Rio de Janeiro’s

Mountainous Region at the start

of this year.

After visiting the stadium remo-

deling work, the President of the

Rio de Janeiro State Branch of the

Brazilian Red Cross, Luiz Alberto

Sampaio, received the material,

which will be sent to families in

the cities of Teresópolis, Friburgo

and Petrópolis. According to the

Red Cross, 2,500 people are still

homeless.

Based on an initiative by

Business Leader Benedicto Junior,

the company has been collecting

products and cash donations

from Members since January,

which are being maintained in a

special bank account. The dona-

tions include cleaning material,

personal hygiene products, dis-

posable diapers, mattresses, pillo-

ws, sheet sets, clothing, food and

water.

Solidarity on the Field

Members from the Maracanã Stadium remodeling work place donated items in the Red Cross trucks

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In March, the ETH

Bioenergia Alcídia Unit, loca-

ted in Teodoro Sampaio,

rural São Paulo, began deli-

vering the electric energy

made from the biomass

sold under the 2010 Energy

Reserve Auction.

Through a partnership with Petrobras,

Odebrecht Oil and Gas (OOG) is planning to

contract 20 new professionals through the

Federal Government’s National Oil and Natural

Gas Industry Mobilization Program (PROMINP).

The contracting should take place still during

the first half of this year.

The workers will be located on the Norbe VI,

Norbe VIII and Norbe IX rigs, which will begin

producing still this year. Until the end of 2011,

OOG plans to contract 60 professionals.

Coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Mines

and Energy, PROMINP was created to maximi-

ze the national good and services industry’s

participation in the implementation of oil and

natural gas projects in Brazil and abroad and

generate work and income opportunities in the

country.

As part of the program, Petrobras, with the

support of the National Industrial Training

Service (SENAI), created training courses for

technical professionals (rig, tower and drill ope-

rators) in the oil industry, with a focus on the

operation of drilling rigs.

Eight OOG Members participated in theore-

tical classes in January as part of the first tower

operator training course. These professionals

will also participate in the practical module with

the mentoring of other company Members.

“With the course, I can have access to new

opportunities for growth within OOG,” said

Tiago Perrout de Castro, one of the participants.

Opportunity for Growth

Clean Energy for Teodoro Sampaio

Alcídia Unit Boiler Room: electric energy made from sugarcane bagasse

Despite the fact that it

is currently in the period

between harvests, when

ethanol and sugar are not

produced, the unit is expor-

ting 550,000 KWh per day

of energy generated from

sugarcane bagasse.

All of the ETH units co-

generate clean and renewa-

ble energy. In 2012, the nine

agroindustrial units will

have the capacity to pass on

2,700 GWh per year, a volu-

me sufficient to supply 4.5

million people.