CEPSA is present in Brazil through DETEN Quimica, a subsidiary of CEPSA´s wholly-owned chemical affiliate PETRESA. DETEN is the top Latin American producer of Linear Alkylbenzene(LAB), the primary raw material used as the active cleaning agent in biodegradable detergents.

Headquartered in the petrochemicals complex of Camaçari, in Salvador de Bahía, DETEN Quimica has a production capacity of 220,000 tons per year of LAB and a 58% share of the Latin American market.

PETRESA, with a total production capacity of 560,000 tons per year of LAB, accounting for 20% of the global market, sells its products around the world through a sales marketing network located in Spain, Belgium,USA and Brazil.