Overview
- Petrobras' Araucária Nitrogenados plant in Paraná, which began urea output Thursday, returns to service after being hibernated since 2020.
- The reactivation cost about R$ 870 million and created more than 2,000 preparation jobs, with roughly 700 direct roles set for regular operations.
- At full rates the site can make 720,000 tonnes of urea per year, plus 475,000 tonnes of ammonia and 450,000 m³ of ARLA 32, a fluid that cuts diesel truck emissions.
- With Ansa back alongside the Bahia and Sergipe units, Petrobras expects to supply about 20% of Brazil’s urea market, rising to about 35% after the UFN-III plant starts in 2029.
- Before resuming urea, the site produced ARLA 32 and ammonia under contract, and the company frames the broader restart as support for agribusiness after years of heavy fertilizer imports.