Petrobras wants to expand refineries to increase production of “green diesel”

247 – Petrobras has begun discussions about a new investment plan aimed at expanding the production capacity of its refineries. According to the newspaper the worldInvestments are being discussed within the scope of the state-owned company’s business plan and could lead to an increase in the region’s expected resources which include refining and natural gas, estimated at US$9 billion until 2027.

The increase in refining operations is part of the government’s strategy for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to prevent the sale of assets and the breakup of the state-owned company, as well as lower fuel prices by expanding production.

“In the first deliberations of the Board of Directors, we revised the proposed guidelines for strategic planning. Pre-Salt remains the flagship.

“The strategy includes building units in which only 100% renewable diesel, green diesel, is produced from vegetable oils or animal waste, such as tallow in Gaslub (formerly Comberg), in Rio de Janeiro, in Abreu e Refinaria. Lima (Rnest), in Ipojuca (PE) “The current plan, inherited from the Bolsonaro administration, is made only for biological identification in the Cubatão unit,” highlights the paper.

Petrobras also plans to double production of its so-called R5 diesel, which has 5% renewable content (through soybean oil) in the final configuration, currently at 5 million liters per day by the end of the year, through Repar, in Araucaria (PR).

There are similar investment plans in Reduc (RJ), Replan (SP), Regap (MG) and Rnest (PE). Production could reach 21 million liters per day between 2025 and 2026,” the report confirms.

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