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Petrobras Is Set to Finalize, by September This Year, a Conduct Adjustment Term (TAC) to Compensate the Municipality of Itaboraí for the Damages Caused by the Halt of the Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex (Comperj) Works in 2015.
The agreement, which is expected to be approximately R$ 7.5 billion, was announced during a public hearing held on Monday, June 24, by the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) established in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) to investigate the fiscal crisis in the state.
The general manager of implementation and ventures at Petrobras, Alessandro Costa Mello, stated that the company’s legal department is expected to complete its analysis of the TAC in the coming months. “We are in a process of seeking final understandings regarding the agreement. The draft is under internal review, and we expect to sign the TAC between July and August of this year,” he revealed.
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The mayor of Itaboraí, Dr. Sadinoel, stated that the city suffered a significant impact due to the halt in Comperj investments. “We had the highest unemployment in Brazil in Itaboraí. There were 30,000 jobs thrown away between 2014 and 2015,” he complained.
According to the CPI president, Deputy Luiz Paulo (PSDB), the signing of the agreement is a result of assessing all the damages caused by the Comperj crisis. “The TAC results from the evaluation of all the economic, environmental, and social damages that the halt of Comperj works has generated in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The TAC will translate this damage into numbers and investments,” he analyzed.
Petrobras also announced the completion by 2021 of a Natural Gas Production Unit (UPGN) with the capacity to produce 21 million m³ of fuel per day and the generation of 8,000 jobs directly linked to Comperj.
The UPGN is associated with the Rota 3 project, intended to transport gas production from the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. According to Alessandro Costa Mello, the project will require investments of R$ 2 billion.
There are over 20 contracts to put the UPGN into operation; half are already signed, while the other half will also be formalized by the beginning of next year, and 70% of the jobs generated will be in the city of Itaboraí,” he declared.
Another investment discussed during the meeting was the possibility of a refinery unit also being part of the Comperj ventures. Costa Mello stated that the feasibility studies, conducted in conjunction with the Chinese company CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), are expected to be completed in the second half of this year. “The study is ongoing and is expected to be completed by September 2019,” he informed.
Among the plans evaluated for Comperj, the most distant, according to Petrobras’ general manager, is the project for the development of a thermoelectric plant, announced by the state-owned company in April of this year. The studies are still in the preliminary phase, and its implementation does not yet have a concrete timeline.
“Petrobras clarifies that studies for the implementation of a thermoelectric plant are still preliminary and there is no decision on the subject. There will be gas availability, so there is a possibility of having a thermoelectric plant in Comperj, but the studies are embryonic,” Costa Mello analyzed.
According to Luiz Paulo, the ideal would be to have both the refinery and the thermoelectric plant integrated into Comperj. “Comperj is something absolutely discredited because it generated great expectations but resulted in a loss of R$ 14 billion. The forecast for the UPGN to begin operations is set for 2021, and we still do not know the final destination. Therefore, we plan to visit the petrochemical complex facilities in the last week of July,” he commented.
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