Rio de Janeiro – Petrobras on Thursday (6) approved the resumption of operating activities of fertilizer plant Araucária Nitrogenados S.A. (ANSA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. The plant, located in the southern state of Paraná, has been mothballed, or idled, since 2020.
Procedures required for the reopening of the plant will be initiated right away. With the decision, the Brazilian state-run oil company also authorizes ANSA to enter into an agreement to hire its former employees, conditional on the Superior Labor Court (TST) ratifying the agreement. The operation is expected to restart in the second half of 2025.
Petrobras’s Strategic Plan
In light of the review of the company’s strategic guidelines approved last year, investing in fertilizer production has once again become part of Petrobras’s portfolio, according to the 2024-2028+ Strategic Plan.
Located next to the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery (REPAR), ANSA has a production capacity of 720,000 tonnes per year for urea, 475,000 tpy for ammonia, and 450,000 m³/year of Automotive Liquid Reducing Agent (ARLA 32).
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
