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Petrobras announces the sale of the Araucária Nitrogenados (ANSA) fertilizer unit in the state of Paraná

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published 18/09/2020 às 09:42
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Petrobras announces the sale of the Araucária Nitrogenados (ANSA) fertilizer unit in the state of Paraná

The Ansa fertilizer unit is next door to the Repar refinery, which supplies it with raw material, where Petrobras is in a more advanced negotiation process.

Petrobras announced in a material fact last night (17/09), the disclosure of the opportunity (teaser) referring to the sale of all its shares in the fertilizer unit Araucária Nitrogenados (Ansa), located in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. Job vacancies to attend Petrobras contracts in Macaé for Electricians and Technicians to work offshore at UO-Rio and for Engineers on maintenance stop REFAP – RS

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According to a press release from Petrobras, Ansa, in Paraná, has an industrial unit for nitrogenous fertilizers with a production capacity of 1.975 tons/day of urea and 1.303 tons/day of ammonia, which is currently hibernating.

The factory opened in 1982 and which since 2013 has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Petrobras, has the capacity to produce, from asphalt waste (RASF), 1.303 tons per day of ammonia and 1.975 t/day of urea, for use in the chemical and fertilizer industries.

The sales are part of Petrobras' 2017-2021 Business and Management Plan. "The entire process will follow Petrobras' disinvestment system, a document that is fully aligned with the directives of the Federal Court of Auditors, which details the procedures for the sale of company assets", the company said in a note.

The oil company also points out that the resumption of production or its transformation for another purpose will be the responsibility of the future buyer.

Ansa is a neighbor of the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery, which supplies it with raw material, where Petrobras is also in the process of negotiating more advanced Repar, which attracted the attention of companies such as Raízen (a joint venture between Shell and the energy and logistics conglomerate Cosan) and Ultrapar, owner of the Ipiranga Network.

Congressional action against the sale of Petrobras refineries will be judged by the STF starting on Friday

The plenary of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) is due to judge, as of next Friday, an injunction requested in July by Congress to prevent the sale by Petrobras of its refineries, with the petition citing the refining units of Bahia (RLAM) and Paraná (Repar)

According to the STF, the judgment will take place in the virtual plenary, extending until September 25, and should have the participation of 11 ministers. At the end of July, the Federal Audit Court (TCU) issued a favorable opinion on the continuation of the sale process of Petrobras' refineries.

The expectation is that eight Petrobras refineries will be sold by next year, according to the agreement with Cade. Together, the units have 1,1 million daily oil processing capacity, around 50% of the country's refining park.

The first refinery to go on the market, Rlam, from Bahia, is in exclusive negotiation with the Mubadala fund, from Abu Dhabi.

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Flavia Marinho is a postgraduate engineer with extensive experience in the onshore and offshore shipbuilding industry. In recent years, she has dedicated herself to writing articles for news websites in the areas of industry, oil and gas, energy, shipbuilding, geopolitics, jobs and courses. Contact her for suggestions, job openings or advertising on our portal.

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