Petrobras to test HVO production at Repar refinery


Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Petrobras will carry out tests of renewable diesel production at the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (Repar) in Araucária (Paraná, Brazil) starting this month.

Figure 1. Repar Refinery in Araucária will host the tests of HVO production (taken from the company website)

According to Anelise Lara (Director of Refining and Natural Gas at Petrobras), the market entry of this renewable diesel still depends on regulation by the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels of Brazil). Its economic viability would be subject to the approval of a new rule for adding biofuels to diesel, issue currently under discussion at the ANP.

Petrobras patented its hydroconversion process, called H-Bio, in 2006 and performed several industrial tests at that time using vegetable oils (soya and castor) in its refineries. However, there is no evidence supporting a regular production after those initial tests.

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