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Execution of contracts for the Abreu e Lima Refinery
Rio de Janeiro, December 02, 2009 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces it executed today five contracts, in the amount of R$ 8.9 billion, for the construction of the Abreu e Lima Refinery. The following table describes the contracts that were signed and their respective amounts and suppliers.
| OBJECT | CONSORTIUM | AMOUNT |
| Construction of the Delayed Coker Units (U- 21 and U-22), including substations and Caustic Regeneration Sections (U-26 and U-27) | CAMARGO CORRÊA – CNEC (Construções e Comércio Camargo Correa S.A. and CNEC Engenharia S.A.) | R$3.4 billion |
| 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) | CONEST-UHDT (Odebrecht Plantas Industriais e Participações S.A. and Construtora OAS Ltda.) | R$3.19 billion |
| Deployment of the Atmospheric Distillation Units (U-11 and U-12) | RNEST - CONEST (ODEBRECHT Plantas Industriais e Participações S.A. and Construtora OAS Ltda.) | R$1.48 billion |
| Deployment of the refinery product receipt and shipment pipelines | Conduto – Egesa (Conduto - Companhia Nacional de Dutos and Egesa Engenharia S.A.) | R$649 million |
| Civil infrastructure services | CONSTRUCAP - PROGEN (CONSTRUCAP CCPS Engenharia e Comércio S.A. and PROGEN Projetos Gerenciamento e Engenharia Ltda.) | R$120 million |
The Abreu e Lima Refinery will be built in the state of Pernambuco in partnership with Petróleos de Venezuela SA - PDVSA, as announced by the Company on 10/30/2009, and will be capable of processing 230,000 barrels of heavy oil per day.
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Almir Guilherme Barbassa
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