In Brazil, Petrobras and Vale have signed a contract for the supply of diesel in operations of the mining company in Minas Gerais. The agreement involves the supply of diesel S10, produced by Petrobras, with the addition of the mandatory portion of biodiesel, currently at 15%. The agreement also provides for low-carbon business development opportunities, […]
In Brazil, the Infra News Agency reports Petrobras supplied three Transpetro ships with bunker fuel containing 24% renewable content. The operation was carried out between November 10 and 17, at Tebar (São Sebastião Waterway Terminal), on the north coast of São Paulo, considered the largest oil and derivatives terminal in the country. The bunker used […]
In Brazil, CNN Brasil reports Petrobras president Magda Chambriard said on Monday that Petrobras evaluates new investments in renewable fuels and movements, as a way to invest more and more in fuels less harmful to the environment. “We are thinking strongly about the return to ethanol, we will be increasing the production of biodiesel… we […]
In Brazil, Petrobras began the contracting process to build the first plant dedicated to the production of BioQAV (or SBC, of Synthetic Component of Mix for the production of SAF) and renewable diesel (or HVO – Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), to be installed at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery (RPBC), in Cubatão (SP). The project provides processing […]
In Brazil, Valor International reports Petrobras expects to begin producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel by the end of the year. It already ran co-processing tests at its Duque de Caxias refinery (Reduc) in Rio de Janeiro where it included 1.2% corn oil into standard fossil-based aviation kerosene. It begins to produce 10,000 barrels per day of […]
In Brazil, El Periodico de Energia reports that contrary to O Globo’s report over the weekend that Petrobras is in negotiations with Cosan to invest in the company’s sugarcane-based ethanol production, Petrobras has denied those conversations, following a request for clarification from the Securities Commission (CVM) on information published by the Brazilian press. The regulator […]
In Brazil, O Globo reports Petrobras has on the table to invest in Raízen, a joint venture between Cosan and Shell. According to industry sources, the state-owned company analyzes several possibilities, such as becoming a partner of the company or buying assets, which would mark its return to the ethanol sector, a strategy already announced […]
In Brazil, Agave tequilana, a plant widely used in Mexico in the production of tequila, begins to gain new uses in Brazil. In a research conducted by Embrapa Cotton (PB) in partnership with the company Santa Anna Bioenergia (BA), the species is being studied as an alternative for ethanol production, carbon sequestration and animal feed. […]
In Brazil, an innovative project will transform fishing waste in the Amazon Legal into sources of clean energy and products that strengthen the local economy. The initiative is the result of a partnership between FGV Energia, Petrobras, the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), and the Senai Institute of Innovation in Biomass. Lasting 18 months, the […]
In Brazil, Riograndense Refinery (RPR) successfully performed the co-processing test of 5% biomass pyrolysis oil or bio-oil (non-food biomass raw material) with mineral load. In this way, the refinery, located in Rio Grande (RS), which has corporate interests of Petrobras, Ultra and Braskem, was the first in the country able to produce cellulosic-content fuels. Based […]
