Amuay Refinery

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Refineries in Venezuela

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• El Palito Refinery
• Amuay Refinery
• Puerto La Cruz Refinery
• El Palito Refinery Expansion Project

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• St Croix Refinery
• Citgo Lake Charles Refinery
• Sincor Heavy Crude Upgrader
• El Palito Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: PDVSA
• Website: http://www.pdvsa.com/
• Location: Paraguaná Peninsula in the far northwest of Venezuela
• Capacity: 32 million tons/annum & 635,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A very large and complex refinery, Amuay is part of the Paraguana Refinery Complex

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Fluid catalytic cracking unit - 104,000 bpd
• Flexicoker - 62,000 bpd
• Alkylation Unit,
• Naftha Hydro-Treater
• Hydrodesulfurisation

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied via the Ule Amuay Pipeline

Products Produced

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Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1950 - The Creole Petroleum Corporation opened in the state of Falcon, Amuay refinery with an initial capacity of processing 60,000 b / d.
• 1997 - The refinery was merged with its neighbours
• 2012 - A massive explosion killed at least 26 people

Relevant Links

1. Crude Conversion Unit At PDVSA's Amuay Refinery Down For 2 Weeks
2. Amuay Flexicoquer started after successful maintenance
3. Technip Venezuela References
4. President Chávez decreed three days of national mourning after explosion in Amuay

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