The company was pursuing a divestiture plan that included the sale of an in-state refinery in Acelen; the sale of Petrobras assets is suspended for 90 days at the request of the government
SÃO PAULO AND RIO – The president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Pratessaid on Sunday, 12, that the state-owned company will maintain its operations in the state of Bahia. In a post on Twitter, you said that you have met with the company’s employee and retiree organizations in Salvador and that you have received requests from employees of Polo da Bahia. “We have confirmed our commitment to defend and strengthen Petrobras in the state,” she wrote.
The executive recalled the suspension of the sale of the assets of the state company, for 90 days, requested by the government due to the review of the National Energy Policy, currently underway. “We have already announced the review and suspension of forced transfers and we will continue to dialogue directly with everyone to build a strong Petrobras for the future of the Brazilian people,” added Prates.
In recent years, Petrobras had executed a divestment plan agreed by the previous administrations with the Economic Defense Board (Cade)which provided for the sale of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (Rlam), in Bahia, a to acceleratea company with a stake in Capital Mubadala.
In December last year, the state-owned company had even announced the start of the binding phase for the sale of its stake in Metanor, a company jointly managed with Dexxos and based in Camaçari (BA), which operates in the marketing and production segments of methanol .of its derivatives. Like all other pending offers, this sale will be on hold for re-evaluation.
With regard to any expansions and modernizations (Revamp), sources close to the discussions inform the Stadium/Broadcast that the main targets are the Presidente Bernardes (RPBC) refineries, in Cubatão (SP), and Presidente Getúlio Vargas (Repar), in Paraná. Furthermore, there was the intention to build the second train for the Abreu e Lima (Rnest) Refinery, in Pernambuco, already envisaged in the strategic plan released by the previous management in order to complete the original project of the unit.
great northern river
A few days ago, Prates also spoke at an event organized by the Federation of Industries of the State of great northern river, where he also ensured the local presence of the state company in the coming years with ever new investments. The state is distinguished by the good incidence of winds on land and at sea, which guarantees affinity with future projects to enter offshore wind power.
Also in the state, the company was in the process of closing the sale of a small refinery and mature fields of Petrolium at Polo Potiguar to the independent oil company 3R oilalso threatened by the suspension of the sale of assets for revaluation.
Source: Terra
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