The Petrobras logo on the facade of the company’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Petrobras will continue to invest in the production of diesel fuel co-processed with vegetable oil, regardless of whether it is included in the mandatory blending of biodiesel with conventional diesel fuel sold at gas stations, it said. this Wednesday, the Executive Director of Commercialization and Logistics, Claudio Mastella.

The approval that paved the way for the oil company’s new product to be included in the program was even issued by the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE). However, a dispatch by President Jair Bolsonaro, published last Friday, vetoed it.

“We hope that the mandate will become more flexible, which is a natural way,” the director said while attending an event at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro.

(Martha Nogueira and Rodrigo Viga Gaier)

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