Brazil’s Petrobras to double production at its biggest biodiesel unit

Petrobras

03-03-10

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said Monday it would invest 66 million reals to double production at the country’s biggest biodiesel factory. The investment will make it possible to increase production at the Candeias unit from 108.6 million litres per year to 217.2 million litres per years, the company said in a statement.

The unit, located in Candeias, in the state of Bahia in north eastern Brazil, and opened in 2008, was Petrobras’ first biodiesel unit, is responsible for producing 35.7 percent of all the renewable fuel produced by the company.

Source: www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php

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