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8 Sep 2009 - by PreSalt.com - Source: Petrobras News

In depositions made to the Petrobras CPI this Tuesday (09/08), representatives of Pini Serviços de Engenharia, the company that certified the regularity of the costs of the earthwork done for the Pernambuco Refinery (Abreu e Lima), denied there is evidence of overpricing in the project. After presenting information about the company, Institutional Relations director Mário Sérgio Pini said the parameters used by the Federal Court of Auditors (FCA) do not reflect the particularities of an unconventional project such as that of the Pernambuco Refinery.

According to Pini, the methodology the company used was pricing per modeling, which is the most appropriate for unconventional civil construction work similar to the refinery’s. “It is necessary to use modeling. You cannot do it based on percentages,” explained Pini. “The FCA’s methods are valid, but they cannot be conclusive for a project such as this one, which has rather unique characteristics. Adjustments need to be made.”