The facility, located in Rio Grande do Sul state, will eventually produce what Chambriard described as 100% renewable jet fuel and diesel, the Petrobras chief said.

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will invest around 5.5 B reais ($960 MM) to turn its Riograndense refinery into the country's first biorefinery.

By Philip M. Fearnside The mounting pressure on Brazil’s federal environmental agency (IBAMA) to approve the disastrous ...