Abreu E Lima Pernambuco Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Also known as Refinería del Nordeste RNEST

• Ownership: Petrobras / PDVSA
• Website: http://www.petrobras.com.br/
• Wiki Page: Abreu E Lima Pernambuco Refinery
• Location: Recife, Brazil
• Capacity: 11.5 million tons/annum & 230,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under Construction
• Expected Completion: Commissioning is expected in 2013
• Budget: $12 Billion

The Project

• Project Type: Greenfield Refinery
• Project Summary:
• Main Contractors
  • Halder Topsoe will provide hydrogen, hydrotreater and SNOX™ units

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Crude Distillation Unit
• Vacuum Distillation Unit
• Delayed Coker
• Hydrogen Units - 2*125,000 Nm3/h
• Diesel Hydrotreaters - 2*83,000 BPSD

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• 50% of the crude will be Marlim Crude Oil from Brazil and 50% from Carabobo Crude Oil from Venezuela
• Crude will be 16 API

Products Produced

• Some 65% of the processed volume will be diesel fuel, the oil derivative that is used the most in Brazil. Cooking gas (LPG), petrochemical naphtha, and coke – solid fuel used in the steel, cement, thermal, and aluminum industries -, will also be produced
• Products produced will be Euro V compliant

History

• 2009 - Construction contracts signed
• 2011 - Petrobras received a favorable opinion from BNDES, which considered acceptable the bank guaranties offered by PDVSA to partially replace the guaranty provided by Petrobras
• 2011 - PDVSA received a $1.5 billion credit line from the China Development Bank

Other Information

• The initial budget was $4.05 billion

Relevant Links

• Venezuela's PDVSA has $400 mln for Brazil refinery
• Petrobras and PDVSA sign an equity partnership agreement at refinery
• Abreu e Lima Refinery, A Refinery in Pernambuco
• Topsoe and Petrobras, Brazil sign contract for new refinery
• Information about partnership at Abreu e Lima Refinery
• PDVSA gets $1.5 billion China loan for refinery

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