Protest at Comperj Demanding Job Openings Stops Vehicle Entry and Exit

Images and Videos of Residents of Itaboraí in Protest Have Been Shared with Our Newsroom, They Demand That Job Openings at Comperj Be Reserved for Residents of Conleste

Comperj is undergoing another round of controversies this Tuesday (20). Residents and professionals from the city of Itaboraí and the Conleste region have closed the entrance to the construction site today, buses bringing and taking employees are not passing. The vehicles are returning via the highway (BR) and parking at the Ipiranga gas station until the situation normalizes; at the end of the article, you can check out some images.

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According to additional information that reached our team, windows of the buses from the company CPL were broken. Employees were released from their shifts today and returned home until the situation is resolved.

It is already well known that Petrobras Has Decided to Suspend the Works at Comperj (Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex), which, according to the state company, the lack of interest from the Chinese CNPC was the catalyst for this decision, as the project would be financially unfeasible.

What is being built at the site is a UPGN (Natural Gas Processing Unit) that will receive piped gas from the pre-salt.

Despite the news that Comperj will no longer continue, Petrobras’ own president, Castello Branco, said in a statement that Itaboraí will not be left without options. There are plans for a thermoelectric plant to be built in place of the refinery to utilize the pre-salt gas, as well as a high-quality lubricant factory that will also use intermediate products from Reduc.

See Some Images from Today’s Protest (Click to View All)