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Biofuel, in Feira de Santana, Bahia In the midst of investigations of the Lava Jato operation, the police Federal (PF) decides to buy 50% stake in bio-oil industrial and commercial SA, a subsidiary of Petrobras Biocombustível (Pbio), a subsidiary of Petrobras, whose registered office is in Feira de Santana (BA), Bioóleo is a company specializing in the processing of castor beans and other grains for the production of biodiesel
. The oil company cost the oil company R $ 18.5 million in August 2010 and has reportedly generated a loss of R $ 5.3 million for the state-owned company. (19659003) Investigators from Lava Jato compared the acquisition of Biooleo to the purchase of the Pasadena Refinery in Texas, a company studied by the Federal Court of Auditors and the Federal Court of Auditors in case of hint of overbilling. Because of the similarities between the two Petrobras acquisitions, the federal police nicknamed the Feira de Santana refinery in "Pasadena do Nordeste".
At the time the case was concluded, Petrobras Biocombustível – responsible for the production of ethanol and biodiesel – was chaired by the current Minister of Labor and Social Security, Miguel Rossetto . The company, which also headed the Ministries of Agrarian Development and the General Secretariat under the direction of Dilma Rousseff, left the company in 2014.
Less than two months after Petrobras Biofuel signed the contract for 39, purchase for half of the biodiesel plant, a technical opinion prepared by the Ministries of Justice and Finance to support the company pointed out that despite the marketing of castor oil in 2010, the subsidiary Petrobras did not use the product because it understands that its use for the production of biodiesel is "
Suspicious transaction
On August 24, 2010, Petrobras Biocombustíveis bought half of Bio-Oil for 15.5 million reais, and immediately the state company made financial contributions of 3 million reais in biodiesel plant for "operational improvements, safety, environment and health."
Second he report prepared by the technical sector of the Ministries of Justice and Finance enda, before Pbio joined Biooleo, the company Feira de Santana was managed by 2H Participações Societárias SA, which holds 99% of its capital.
The same document notes that 2H Participações and the other companies controlled by
belong to the families of Tiago Barbosa Lima.
The remaining 1% belonged to Tiago Barbosa Lima, reports the federal government report. The companies controlled by the family Barbosa Lima, says the report, work mainly in the segments of the industrial processing of cereals (crushing oil) for the production of vegetable oils and in the production of cotton cake and castor oil [19659004] million dollars initially spent by Petrobras Biocombustíveis, the contract signed between the state company and Bioóleo provides for investments of 4 million R $ a year in the factory, even if the refinery does not deliver any Castor oil to the national oil company.
Biofuels, Bioleo transformed, in 2010 – the year the oil company bought half of the capital of the factory – 53 058 tons of castor oil. However, the following year, the refinery output dropped to 10,056 tonnes, partly because of the drought that hit the area.
In 2012
As in 2012, for a crop failure caused by the severe drought in the interior of Bahia for 3.34 million reais and the lack of demobilization of grain for grinding in Bio-oil, provided in a contract, for 908 thousand reais ", says Petrobras.
In 2010, the current Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Miguel Rossetto, former secretary General of the Presidency and former director of Pbio, said that "participating in the production of vegetable oils makes Petrobras more efficient and competitive. "
According to a report from the management of Bioleo 2014, the company has accumulated losses of R $ 11.521 million – R $ 5.3 million after the purchase of 50% by Petrobras.
Purchase, from 2010 to 2014, Bio-oil reduces castor processing According to Pbio, "Biooleo transformed in 2010, 53,058, in 2011, 10,056, in 2012, 2,248, in 2013, 2,658 and in 2014, 3.139 tons of castor oil come from the agricultural supply program that Petrobras Biocombustível has with family farming in the semi-arid. The reduction in volumes was due to the poor harvest caused by the severe drought in the semi-arid region in recent years. "
Pbio also has bitter losses for years.In 2014, the state company recorded a loss of 1.19 billion reais, or 323 million reais for the year 2013.
[19659004] Operation Lava Jato, of the Federal Police, investigates the purchase of 50% of Bioóleo Industrial e Comercial SA to produce castor oil for biodiesel by Petrobras Biocombustível (Pbio) in 2010 , according to G1
Two months after the purchase, a technical opinion from the Ministry of Justice and Finance indicated that the state company "did not use this entry [óleo de mamona] because she understands that its use for the production of biodiesel is economically unachievable.The alleged "bad business" is badyzed by PF Lava Jato, who was the subject of an investigation on March 17, 2014 by the Federal Police (FP), investigation into a plan of deviance and money laundering money involving Petrobras. The PF estimates the damage of the state to 19 billion reais. In a balance sheet released in April 2015, the company admitted losses of $ 6.2 billion of corruption last year.
PF also investigated the purchase of an oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas, by Petrobras in 2006, raising suspicions of overcharging and currency evasion in trading. In 2006, Petrobras paid 360 million US dollars for 50% of the refinery ($ 190 million for paper and $ 170 million for oil in Pasadena). The value is much higher than that paid by Belgian Astra Oil for the entire refinery: US $ 42.5 million
In Brazil, Pbio bought Bioóleo, based in Feira de Santana (BA) in August 2010 In addition to financial contributions of R $ 3 million for "operational and safety, environmental and health improvements", it received approval for the purchase only in October.
In addition to R $ 18, 5 million initially spent, the Bio-oil contract provides 4 million reais per year of investment in the company even if it does not deliver oil from castor
As this happened in 2012, this "due to an interior of Bahia for the amount of 3.34 million reais and the lack of demobilization of cereals for the crushing in the Bio-Oil, contractually planned, for an amount of 908 000 reais ", indicates the Petrobras document.
In 2010, on the occasion of the purchase in Bahia, the current Minister of Labor and Social Security, Miguel Rossetto, former Secretary General of the Presidency and former director of Pbio, said that "participating in the production of vegetable oils makes Petrobras more efficient and competitive."
According to a report from the Bio-Oil 2014 Administration, the company has accumulated losses of R $ 11,521 million – R $ 5.3 million after the purchase of 50% by Petrobras.
After the purchase, from 2010 to 2014, Bioóleo has reduced the processing of castor oil. According to Pbio, "Biooleo transformed in 2010, 53,058, in 2011, 10,056, in 2012, 2,248, in 2013, 2,658 and in 2014, 3,139 tons of castor come from the agricultural supply program that Petrobras Biocombustível has with the l 39; Family farming in the semi-arid The reduction in volumes was due to the poor harvest caused by the severe drought in the semi-arid region in recent years. "
Pbio also has bitter losses for years. In 2014, the state company has accumulated R $ 1.199 billion in damages, or R $ 323 million in the year 2013.
Culture and drought
According to Petrobras, through his press office , "the acquisition of Bioleo was carried out in a scenario that provided for a substantial increase in acreage and increases in productivity, which would result in an increase in production at competitive prices. Castor oil for biodiesel production has already been proven.From an economic point of view, other raw materials, particularly soybean oil, were more competitive. "
Petrobras accused drought for the losses and said he was expecting to recover the company later this year. "Since the beginning of Petrobras Biocombustível's participation in the company in 2010, Bioóleo has accumulated losses of R $ 5.3 million, resulting from three consecutive years of drought, which have affected the production of oil and gas. In 2015, there is a prospect of recovery of agricultural production in the semi-arid region, which should help increase the processing and improvement of biofuel production. Consolidation of the Ricinoquímica national industry allows to project better results already towards 2015. "
Bioóleo also affirmed to G1 that although the accumulated loss is of 11,521 million R $, the value is R $ 5.3 million after the start of the partnership with Petrobras Biocombustível in 2010.
"It should be noted that the loss accumulated during this period of the partnership with Petrobras Biocombustível was strongly affected by the drought of recent years ", says note
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