Petrobras' Revap Refinery to Expand Thermal Power Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has received authorization from the National Agency of Electrical Energy (ANEEL) to expand a plant that provides thermal power to the Henrique Lage refinery (Revap) (San Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo). The UTE Revap thermal plant will boost its installed capacity to 76 megawatts (MW). In addition, ANEEL approved some modifications at the transmission system.

UTE Revap is equipped with three 10-MW turbo generators fuelled by natural gas. In June 2008, the plant will inaugurate a 23-MW natural gas turbine. A 23-MW turbo expander will be opened on December 25, 2008.

The Henrique Lages refinery has been processing 251,000 barrels per day of petroleum since 1980. It employs about 600 people.

The transmission system will be composed of one transformer substation, two 10-20 MVA transformers with an 88-138-kilovolt (kV) tension and two 88-kV air-transmission lines with an extension of approximately 8 kilometers. This net will be connected to the net of Bandeirante Energia S.A. (Sao Paulo), a company created in 1998 that has a presence in 28 Sao Paulo municipalities, particularly in the Tiete and Vale do Paraiba regions.

In 2005, Bandeirante Energia S.A. became a subsidiary of Energias do Brasil S.A, controlled by Energias de Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal), one of the leading companies of the European electric system.

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