In Brazil, HLC will commence biodiesel production at its 21 Mgy Petrolina plant in Pernambuco state in the first quarter of 2008.
The Portuguese-owned HLC acquired Biodiesel do Vale do São Francisco (Biovasf) recently for $11 million.
The Brazilian government has targeted reaching a B5 biodiesel blend level by 2013. Brazil has set a B2 blending mandate effective in January 2008, and the director general at the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (ANP), said that he expected that there would be enough biodiesel to cover more than twice the amount mandated. Brazil has recently signed trade and development deals with the Congo and Mozambique with biodiesel elements.
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