Brazil’s Petrobras has for the first time processed 100% soybean oil in an industrial refining unit, the state-run oil company said. The test that used soybean oil as feedstock was carried out at its Riograndense Petroleum Refinery (RPR) in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state. It will allow RPR to generate “fully renewable petrochemical products,” said Petrobras, in what it said will open “a new world frontier for biorefining.”
RPR is preparing for the production of petrochemical inputs and renewable fuels such as LPG, maritime fuels, propylene and bioaromatics (BTX - benzene, toluene and xylene), used in the synthetic rubber, nylon and PVC industries, said Petrobras.
