Project Profile
Value: US$19.9 billion
Location: Maranhao, Brazil
Start-up Year: 2016
Capacity: 600,000 b/d of light oil
The plant is the largest of five new refineries being constructed by Petrobras. The other plants are in the states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. The Maranhão refinery was designed to process up to 600,000b/d of light oil.
Operators:
Petrobras: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
UOP LLC: FEED Contract
Sulzer: Two Long-Term, exclusive, Supply Agreement Contracts for the supply of Structured Packings and Random Packings to all Petrobras Refineries in Brazil,as well as provision of technical services such as local process support and site supervision during installation.