Petrobras selects UOP’s process technologies

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras, has selected UOP to provide all of the process technologies for two new maximum diesel refineries to be built in Brazil. UOP hydrocracking and hydrotreating technologies will be used to produce high-quality diesel fuel from Brazilian national crude oils at two new refineries. Petrobras plans to construct a two-train 600,000 barrel per day (bpd) facility in Maranhao, to be known as Premium I, and a single-train 300,000 bpd facility in Ceara, to be known as Premium II. Basic engineering for the refineries is currently under way. Commissioning of the first train at the Premium I facility is planned in 2014 and in 2017 at the Premium II facility. (November 12, 2010)