page_title: Cosan
section_title: Joint-Venture with Royal Dutch Shell
hierarchical_section_title: Cosan / History / Joint-Venture with Royal Dutch Shell
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic view of the Costa Pinto production plant set up to produce both sugar and ethanol fuel and other types of alcohol. Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
context_page_description: Cosan is a public listed company, a Brazilian conglomerate producer of bioethanol, sugar and energy. The company operates in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and United Kingdom.
context_section_description: On February 1, 2010 Cosan and Royal Dutch Shell announced the creation of a joint venture Raízen that merged their operations of sugar, ethanol and the distribution and marketing of fuels in Brazil. It formed the third largest distribution company in Brazil and the world's largest bioenergy operation. The company is valued at US$12 billion.
caption: Cosan's Costa Pinto sugar cane mill and ethanol distillery plant at Piracicaba,  São Paulo.
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