Petrobras fire controlled at biggest Brazilian refinery
ICIS News | August 21, 2018
Brazilian state-run Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) halted operations at its Replan refinery in the state of Sao Paulo after a fire on Monday affected the main processing plants for fuel production at the refinery. The fire began in a plant associated with the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit and spread to a distillation unit before it was brought under control. The refinery, the largest in Brazil with a processing capacity of 415,000 bbl/day, is the principal production of diesel and gasoline for the country.