Petrobras Announces Sale of Araucária Nitrogenados Fertilizer Unit (ANSA) in the State of Paraná

The Ansa Fertilizer Unit Is Neighbor to the Repar Refinery, Which Supplies It With Raw Material, Where Petrobras Is in More Advanced Negotiations

Petrobras announced in a relevant fact last night (09/17), the disclosure of the opportunity (teaser) regarding the sale of all its shares in the Araucária Nitrogenados Fertilizer Unit (Ansa), located in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. Job openings to serve Petrobras contracts in Macaé for electricians and technicians to work offshore in UO-Rio and for engineers during maintenance shutdown at REFAP – RS

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According to Petrobras’ statement, Ansa, in Paraná, has an industrial unit for nitrogen fertilizers with a production capacity of 1,975 tons/day of urea and 1,303 tons/day of ammonia, which is currently hibernated.

The factory, inaugurated in 1982 and which has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petrobras since 2013, has the capacity to produce, from the asphalt residue (RASF), 1,303 tons per day of ammonia and 1,975 t/day of urea, for use in the chemical and fertilizer industries.

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The sales are part of Petrobras’ Business and Management Plan 2017-2021. “The entire process will follow Petrobras’ divestment systematic, a document that is fully aligned with the guidelines from the Federal Court of Accounts, detailing the procedures for the sale of the company’s assets,” the company stated in a notice.

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

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

Congress Action Against Sale of Petrobras Refineries Will Be Judged by the STF Starting Friday

The Plenary of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) is expected to judge starting next Friday, a preliminary injunction requested in July by Congress to prevent Petrobras from selling its refineries, with the petition citing the refining units in Bahia (RLAM) and Paraná (Repar)

According to the STF, the judgment will take place in the virtual plenary, extending until September 25, and is expected to involve all 11 ministers. At the end of July, the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) issued an opinion in favor of continuing 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 a daily processing capacity of 1.1 million barrels of oil, about 50% of the country’s refining park.

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