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RUHLE: But is that enough to call it a scheme?
JIM CHANOS: Well, no. The problem is is that in fact the company is cash flowing about $25 billion, $26 billion, so-called EBITDA, and its CapEx annually is $45 billion, and another $5 billion of capitalized interest. So their – their gross cash flow is only covering half of their capital spending and capitalized interest, so they’re not covering their dividend. And in fact they’re having to borrow the shortfall, and they’re borrowing more than $20 billion a year. This is an enormous, enormous sink hole from a financial point of view.
RUHLE: So their expectation to double output by 2020 for you, laughable.
JIM CHANOS: Well they can double output by 2020. For the last handful of years, five years, production really hasn’t increased. And we put a chart up to show the Robin Hood folk. Despite this enormous capital expenditures and the fact that their big pre-salt (ph) field is now coming online, production hasn’t increased. And that’s disturbing.
Now maybe it will double in the next six years, but we would argue it has to double to basically service all this new debt that they’re taking on and will take on to complete the field. And in the oil and gas business, particularly in Brazil, as you know, sometimes things don’t always turn out the way you think they’re going to turn out. I think we can look at the Batista saga and others that – to really point out to you there are enormous risks here.
RUHLE: Batista saga, way too tied to the government. So are you saying this is just like that? Because many people think if Neves wins the stock will rally.
JIM CHANOS: Well that’s in fact what I think will be the opportunity. And that’s why I thought it was timely this week that if that’s what happens and if investors knee jerk run into the Bovespa and buy Petrobras because Neves wins, I think it’s a great entry point on the short side in this story because it doesn’t change the economies of the situation. And we pointed out today in our presentation that even – even if you gave this company Exxon’s margins both upstream – and I see your eyebrows – and downstream, it would still be break even cash flow.
RUHLE: Really?
JIM CHANOS: Yes.
RUHLE: So those of us who are saying, well, if Neves wins who’s going to be in Petrobras management, you’re laughing at that. You’re saying –
JIM CHANOS: My conclusion was – my conclusion is if Neves wins, this is underwater. If Dilma wins, this is really underwater.
RUHLE: You’re damned, you’re damned Petrobras.
JIM CHANOS: I think it’s just a matter of degrees.