Petrobras completed the unloading of a ship with Russian diesel that had been imported by the private Refit refinery and seized during a Federal Revenue operation, according to information at the LSEG terminal and two sources with knowledge of the information.
The state oil company did not confirm having participated in the landing, but the day before it told Reuters that it had been appointed custodian of around 200 million liters of seized fuel products belonging to Refit, which denies irregularities highlighted in an operation to combat fraud.
This would be the first time that Petrobras would deal with Russian diesel, after the start of the war in Ukraine, even though the product was not imported by it.
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The oil company adopted a policy of not selling fuel from Russia, in response to Western sanctions against that country.
A document from the oil sector regulatory agency, the ANP, indicates that the Tokyo diesel cargo was Russian, but does not provide information about the landing.
The unloading of the product transported by the Tokyo ship took place this week at the terminal of Petrobras’ transport and logistics subsidiary, Transpetro, in São Sebastião (SP), according to LSEG’s vessel monitoring system.
When contacted, Petrobras did not comment on the matter.
Two sources with knowledge of the matter said that Petrobras had already unloaded diesel seized from Refit, transported by the ship Ecomar Guyenne, which brought the product from the United States.
Two other ships Madelyn Grace and Oinoussian Star, which are yet to be unloaded by the state-owned company, brought products from Argentina and the USA, respectively, according to one of the sources.
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An ANP document seen by Reuters indicates that the Oinoussian Star was transporting oil condensate.
Amid operations that seized the ships’ cargo, Refit was closed on a precautionary basis at the end of September by the regulator ANP, which stated that it had found operational irregularities and non-conformities and suspected irregular fuel imports.
At the end of October, the ANP announced the partial dismantling of the unit after proving compliance with 10 of the 11 conditions previously identified by the regulatory agency.
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