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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K/A
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December, 2003
Commission File Number 1-15106
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PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Brazilian Petroleum Corporation - PETROBRAS
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
Avenida Republica do Chile, 65
20035-900 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Yes No X
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Incorporation By Reference
This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement of Form F-3, File No. 333-92044, of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. -
Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company - PIFCo.
Explanatory Note
This amended report on Form 6-K dated December 5, 2003 corrects certain
typographical errors in the pages labeled "Income Statement by Segment" and
"Other Expenses, Net By Segment" included in the report on Form 6-K furnished to
the Securities and Exchange Commission by Petrobras on November 28, 2003. The
title of the second table under the heading "Income Statement by Segment" is
hereby modified from "Nine-month period ended September 30, 3003" to "Nine-month
period ended September 30, 2002". The title of the second table under the
heading "Other Expenses, Net by Segment" is hereby modified from "Nine-month
period ended September 30, 3003" to "Nine-month period ended September 30,
2002". The corrected pages are included below. Except as described above, no
change has been made to the report on Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission by Petrobras on November 28, 2003.
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.
PETROBRAS
Income Statement by Segment
Nine-month period ended September 30, 2003
U.S.$ million
GAS
&
E&P SUPPLY ENERGY INTERN. DISTRIB. CORPOR. ELIMIN. TOTAL
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STATEMENT OF INCOME
Net operating revenues to third parties 1,722 12,818 858 1,481 5,769 22,648
Inter-segment net operating revenues 10,164 4,933 171 122 101 (15,491)
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Net operating revenues 11,886 17,751 1,029 1,603 5,870 (15,491) 22,648
Cost of sales (4,269) (14,915) (755) (960) (5,342) 15,183 (11,058)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization (776) (280) (52) (178) (21) (15) (1,322)
Exploration, including dry holes (323) (15) (338)
Selling, general and administrative expenses (103) (531) (58) (138) (290) (361) 59 (1,422)
Research and development expenses (66) (30) (8) (33) (137)
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(5,537) (15,756) (873) (1,291) (5,653) (409) 15,242 (14,277)
Cost and expenses
Results of non-consolidated companies 18 54 32 (1) 103
Debt expenses, net (228) 149 (41) (45) (56) 380 (42) 117
Employee benefit expense (1) (13) (377) (391)
Other taxes (18) (3) (11) (36) (156) (224)
Other expenses, net (119) (106) (358) (16) 24 (181) (756)
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(347) 42 (348) (40) (81) (335) (42) (1,151)
Income before income taxes and minority
interest and accounting change 6,002 2,037 (192) 272 136 (744) (291) 7,220
Income tax benefits (expense) (1,984) (671) 161 (79) (48) 516 91 (2,014)
Minority interest (23) (183) (31) (1) (238)
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Income before accounting change 4,018 1,343 (214) 162 87 (228) (200) 4,968
Cumulative effect of accounting
change, net of income tax 697 697
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Net income (loss) 4,715 1,343 (214) 162 87 (228) (200) 5,665
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PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.
PETROBRAS
Nine-month period ended September 30, 2002
U.S.$ million
GAS
&
E&P SUPPLY ENERGY INTERN. DISTRIB. CORPOR. ELIMIN. TOTAL
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STATEMENT OF INCOME
Net operating revenues to third parties 1,617 9,037 527 710 4,791 16,682
Inter-segment net operating revenues 7,989 4,013 131 73 72 (12,278)
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Net operating revenues 9,606 13,050 658 783 4,863 (12,278) 16,682
Cost of sales (3,274) (11,311) (453) (583) (4,366) 11,856 (8,131)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization (1,019) (279) (88) (75) (52) (15) (1,528)
Exploration, including dry holes (261) (40) (301)
Selling, general and administrative
expenses (86) (575) (42) (66) (308) (299) (1,376)
Research and development expenses (49) (29) (4) (21) (103)
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(4,689) (12,194) (587) (764) (4,726) (335) 11,856 (11,439)
Cost and expenses
Results of non-consolidated companies 9 7 (25) (9)
Debt expenses, net (339) (78) (401) 44 18 (366) (1,122)
Employee benefit expense (345) (345)
Other taxes (14) (7) (7) (26) (263) (317)
Other expenses, net (15) 72 (169) 17 (16) (142) 17 (236)
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Income before income taxes and 4,563 845 (499) 48 113 (1,451) (405) 3,214
minority interest
Income tax benefits (expense) (1,515) (300) (114) (52) (37) 534 134 (1,350)
Minority interest (3) 400 (3) (20) 374
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Net income 3,048 542 (213) (7) 56 (917) (271) 2,238
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PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.
PETROBRAS
Other Expenses, Net by Segment
Nine-month period ended September 30, 2003
U.S.$ million
GAS
&
E&P SUPPLY ENERGY INTERN. DISTRIB. CORPOR. ELIMIN. TOTAL
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Provisions losses on financial
exposure-Thermoplant (205) (205)
Institution Relations and Culture Projects (2) (73) (75)
Unscheduled stoppages - plant and equipment (104) (49) (153)
Losses as a result of Legal Proceedings (8) (33) (35) (76)
Adjustment to market value of turbines for
the thermoelectric plants (114) (114)
INSS Contingencies (52) (2) (1) (55)
Dividends 9 9
Others 45 (29) (39) (16) 24 (72) (87)
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(119) (106) (358) (16) 24 (181) (756)
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Nine-month period ended September 30, 2002
U.S.$ million
GAS
&
E&P SUPPLY ENERGY INTERN. DISTRIB. CORPOR. ELIMIN. TOTAL
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Contractual Contingencies with Thermoplants (151) (151)
Institution Relations and Culture Projects (72) (72)
Unscheduled stoppages - plant and equipment (49) (33) (82)
Dividends 6 6
Losses as a result of Legal Proceedings (15) (4) (19) (38)
Result of hedge operations with oil & oil
by-products 4 4
Others 49 99 (18) 17 (16) (51) 17 97
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(15) 72 (169) 17 (16) (142) 17 (236)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A--PETROBRAS
By: /s/ Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo
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Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations
Director
Date: December 08, 2003