Petroleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) has executed five contracts, in the amount of BRL8.9 billion, for the construction of the Abreu e Lima refinery. The first contract, worth BRL3.4 billion, is for the services required to build the delayed coking units - UCR (U-21 and U-22), including the substations, control rooms, and caustic regeneration treatment sections (U-26 and U-27).
The contract was signed with the Camargo Correa – CNEC consortium, formed by Construcoes e Comercio Camargo Correa S.A. and CNEC Engenharia S.A.
Another contract that was signed was for the implementation of the diesel (U-31, U-32) and naphtha (U-33 and U-34) hydrotreatment units and of the hydrogen generation units (U-35 and U-36). This contract, signed with the CONEST-UHDT consortium (formed by Odebrecht Plantas Industriais e Participacoes S.A. and Construtora OAS Ltda.) is worth BRL3.19 billion.
The contract for the construction of the atmospheric distillation units – UDA (U-11 and U-12), worth a total of BRL1.48 billion, meanwhile, was signed with the RNEST-CONTEST Consortium (Odebrecth Plantas Industriais e Participacoes S.A. and Construtora OAS Ltda.).
The scope of these three contracts includes the supply of materials, the partial supply of equipment, civil construction, and electromechanical assembly, preservation, conditioning, testing, pre-operation, startup, operation assistance, technical assistance, and training services.
In addition, a contract was signed for the deployment of the refinery’s product receipt and shipment pipelines — including consistency analyses services for the basic project and for the executive project, material and equipment supply, civil construction, electrical installations, electromechanical assembly, preservation, conditioning, testing, and pre-operation and assisted operation support services. The contract was signed with the Conduto – Egesa consortium (Conduto – Companhia Nacional de Dutos and Egesa Engenharia S.A.) and is worth BRL649 million.
The fifth contract that was signed was for civil infrastructure services and includes the clean rainwater draining system, small concrete bridges, street construction layout and paving, storage areas and gates. This service will be carried out by the Construcap – Progen consortium (Construcap CCPS Engenharia e Comercio S.A. and PROGEN Projetos Gerenciamento e Engenharia Ltda.) and is worth BRL120 million.
The Abreu e Lima refinery will be built in the state of Pernambuco in partnership with Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and will be capable of processing 230,000 barrels of heavy oil per day.