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- Refinaria de Petróleos de Manguinhos S.A. (Refit) operates a petroleum refinery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focusing on the refining, import, export, and sale of crude oil and petroleum derivatives; it also provides storage, loading, unloading, and related services to third parties. Founded in 1945 and headquartered at Avenida Brasil 3141, Benfica, Rio de Janeiro, the company produces a range of products including gasoline A (with high octane RON 93 and aditivated formulas), Diesel A S10, Diesel A S500, Marine Diesel, naphtha, special solvents such as mineral spirits, hexane (food and chemical grades), heptanes S7 and S8, LPG, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils, paraffin mineral oil, and biodiesel. Refit maintains one of Brazil's largest liquid storage facilities with capacity exceeding 200 million liters across approximately 600,000 square meters; its subsidiaries include Manguinhos Distribuidora SA (petroleum distribution), Manguinhos Quimica SA (lubricants and oils), Biomanguinhos Produtora de Biodiesel SA, and Manguinhos Terminais de Graneis Liquidos SA (bulk liquid terminals). The company, a subsidiary of XOROQUE Participações S.A., primarily serves the Brazilian domestic market with exports and targets fuel distributors, industrial users, and transportation sectors while emphasizing quality compliance with ANP regulations and innovation in aditivated fuels developed with Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia. In recent developments, Refit faced ANP interdiction in September 2025 for suspected irregular fuel imports and fiscal fraud linked to operations "Cadeia de Carbono" and "Carbono Oculto" involving organized crime, though a Rio de Janeiro court decision in late October 2025 restored full operations pending federal appeals; the MPF probes its 2024 environmental license renewal amid Ibama concerns over soil contamination near communities, and a November 2025 police operation targeted the group for economic crimes, tax evasion, and money laundering exceeding R$26 billion.