Petrobras (PBR)

Other petrochemical projectswith private partners

• Polipropileno Paulínia S.A. (PPSA): Polypropylene (PP) production unit located in Paulínia (SP), with initial capacity to produce 300,000 tons/year, using propane produced at the Petrobras refineries located in the São Paulo municipalities of Paulínia (Replan) and São José dos Campos (Revap) as raw material.
  Total investments will reach R$500 million and operation is expected kick-off in the first half of 2008. Production will be destined to the internal market and to exports.
  
  
• REGAP Acrylic Complex – MG: Designed to produce Acrylic Acid using propene produced by Petrobras’ refinery located in Betim, Belo Horizonte Metro Region. The investments in question for this project are R$1.3 billion and construction is expected to be wrapped-up in 2011.
  
  
• Petroquímica SUAPE – PE: Plant to produce 550,000 tons per year of PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid). With production aimed at textile and plastic packaging industries, investments there will total R$1.2 billion and operations slated to kick-off in 2009.
  
  
• Textile Project – CITEPE – PE: This project is part of a Textile Pole in the Northeast, Suape Port, in Ipojuca (PE). Investments have been foreseen at R$678.7 million and operations to commence by late 2007.