ConocoPhillips has signed a licence agreement with Petrobras for a grassroots 31 ...

ConocoPhillips has signed a licence agreement with Petrobras for a grassroots 31,450 b/d delayed coking unit at its Pres. Getúlio Vargas refinery (REPAR) in Araucaria, Paraná, Brazil. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Part of a large-scale expansion project, the new coking unit will utilise ConocoPhillips’ proprietary ThruPlus® delayed coking technology in order to increase the refinery’s production of gasoline and diesel fuels as well as produce anode-grade, green petroleum coke. Projected start-up of the unit is slated for 2009. REPAR, which has a total crude oil production capacity 196,000 b/d, is responsible for approximately 12% of the Brazil’s national production of petroleum by-products, selling 85% of its products to the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Mato Grosso do Sul, in addition to the southern region of São Paulo. The remaining 15% is supplied to other regions of Brazil or is exported. Main products produced are LPG, gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oils, jet fuel, asphalt and naphtha.