SAO PAULO: Brazil’s Petrobras said on Wednesday that the energy ministry had nominated the firm’s chairman to a position at oil regulator ANP, but added his name still needed to be cleared by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s chief of staff.

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Local newspaper O Globo reported earlier in the day that Lula would appoint Petrobras chairman Pietro Mendes to a senior position at ANP, kicking off a small shake-up on the state-run oil firm’s board.