Petrobras plans to double its production of nitrogen fertilizers.

This Friday (29), the president of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, announced that the state-owned company intends Doubling the production capacity of all Fertilizer Factories (Fafens) from Sergipe, Bahia, Paraná and the one that is under construction in Mato Grosso do SulThe goal is produce up to 75% of the national demand for the agricultural input.A policy for expanding the production of nitrogen fertilizers It is also driven by the federal government to to decrease the national dependence on imports productFurthermore, the president of the state-owned company also expressed interest in building five more. Fafens. You Studies to make increasing production feasible will be carried out later this year.. According to Chambriardthe possibility to double fertilizer production becomes possible after state-owned company to increase its natural gas production"Now, our goal will be to achieve self-sufficiency in nitrogen fertilizers," stated the president. These were the executive's remarks, made during an event at… Fafen SergipeThey also addressed other topics, such as the interest of Petrobras in increasing its exploration of potassium and critical minerals.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.