Pres. Getúlio Vargas REPAR Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petrobras
• Website: http://www.petrobras.com.br/en/
• List of Petrobras Refineries
• Location: Araucária, Paraná,
• Capacity: 9.5 million tons/annum & 189,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The fifth largest refinery in Brazil, with high complexity

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• catalytic cracking
• Coker
• Propane deasphalting
• Catalytic reform
• Diesel desulphurisation unit
• Propane Unit
• Sulfur recovery
• MTBE unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• LPG, Naphtha, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Diesel, Fuel Oil, Asphalt
• The refinery is connected to two marine terminals and three pipelines

Projects

• See Pres Getulio Vargas Repar Refinery Upgrade Project
• The refinery is being upgraded with the addition of a Delayed Coker
• Commissioning is expected for 2012

Other Information

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History

• 1977 - Refinery operations begin
• 2004 - Diesel desulphurisation units went on stream
• 2009 - Propane plant commissioned

Links

1. Refinery webpage
2. Skanska To Construct Propane Plant in Brazil For USD 76.3 M, About SEK 535 M
3. Propane plant at Getúlio Vargas Refinery (REPAR)
4. The CCPR Consortium announces the conclusion of an important stage in the building of the new retarded coking unit