CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 14, 2009 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The Refap S.A. refinery (Canoas) in southeastern Brazil, owned by Petrobras (NYSE:PBR - News) (Rio de Janeiro) (70%) and Repsol YPF S.A. (NYSE:REP - News) (Madrid, Spain) (30%) is about to begin construction of a new gasoline hydrotreater. The unit addition is part of the environmental program to reduce sulfur contaminants in gasoline to 30 particles per million.

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