Veolia Environnement SA (VE), the French water, waste, and energy services group, Tuesday said its Veolia Water division will provide a water treatment and reuse station to Brazilian state-run energy giant Petrobras (PBR) in a joint venture with Enfil, a Brazilian water treatment engineering company.

MAIN FACTS:

- The amount of this contract for Veolia Water is worth about EUR119 million.

- The water treatment and reuse station is for Petrobras's Abreu e Lima refinery, in Ipojuca, Pernambuco State.

- Currently under construction, the new refinery will produce primarily diesel fuel and will process heavy oil from Brazil and Venezuela.

- It is the twelfth project awarded by Petrobras to Veolia Water's subsidiary Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Brazil.

- By Paris Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +331-4017-1740; jethro.mullen@dowjones.com