Petrobras Refinery Costs Escalate

摘要

Brazil's state - run oil company Petrobras said on Thursday it would cost an additional $4.3 billion to complete the first 165,000 b/d operating unit at its stalled Comperj refinery project outside Rio de Janeiro. Petrobras expects to complete the first unit or "train" at the plant in Itaborai, Brazil in 2020, its refining chief Jorge Celestino Ramos said during hearings at the Rio de Janeiro state legislature. The work could be finished sooner if Petrobras can find a partner to help complete the refinery, Ramos added.