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Petrobras Completes Delivery of Micro Plants to State Secretariats and Reaches Mark of 2,200 Oxygen Cylinders

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published on 20/10/2021 at 09:08
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Petrobras Reached R$ 100 Million in Voluntary Actions Supporting Society in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic

Petrobras announced yesterday, October 19, that it completed the delivery of 200 oxygen cylinders to the São Paulo State Health Department on Monday. With this, the company has donated a total of 2,200 oxygen cylinders to 12 state health departments across the country, concluding one of its initiatives to contribute to society in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Since March, the state departments of Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, and Sergipe, in addition to São Paulo, have received the equipment for use in public hospitals. Petrobras’s efforts included the purchase of cylinders, supply of oxygen, and delivery to the states, which have operational units of the company.

In Addition to Cylinder Donations, Petrobras Contributed to Oxygen Production Plants

“Petrobras has been working to integrate efforts with civil society, the public power, and private initiative, helping society during this difficult time of the pandemic. We remain committed to fulfilling our social role, sensitive to the needs of the communities where we operate,” says Petrobras’s Executive Manager of Social Responsibility, Olinta Cardoso.

In addition to the donation of cylinders, Petrobras contributed to oxygen production plants. In February of this year, the company joined the “Together for Amazonas” initiative, along with other companies, to donate a plant in Manaus.

Petrobras Reached R$ 100 Million in Voluntary Actions Supporting Society in Facing the Covid-19 Pandemic

For the other states, approximately R$ 10 million was invested in the purchase of 11 micro oxygen production plants, all of which have been delivered. Each unit has the capacity to produce 25 m³ per hour, a volume that can serve 100 beds, 21 of which are ICU beds, and represents up to 80% of a hospital’s consumption, depending on the size of the unit. The selection of the hospital that received the installation of the micro plant was made by each state health department.

Since last year, the amount allocated by Petrobras for a series of voluntary actions supporting society in facing the Covid-19 pandemic has reached R$ 100 million. This year, in addition to the delivery of cylinders and micro oxygen plants, basic food baskets were distributed to families in situations of social vulnerability. Part of the approved budget for these actions comes from resources recovered by the company in a leniency agreement.

Flavia Marinho

Flavia Marinho é Engenheira pós-graduada, com vasta experiência na indústria de construção naval onshore e offshore. Nos últimos anos, tem se dedicado a escrever artigos para sites de notícias nas áreas militar, segurança, indústria, petróleo e gás, energia, construção naval, geopolítica, empregos e cursos. Entre em contato com flaviacamil@gmail.com ou WhatsApp +55 21 973996379 para correções, sugestão de pauta, divulgação de vagas de emprego ou proposta de publicidade em nosso portal.

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