Bahia Blanca Refinery

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Summary Information

• Also known as the Dr. Ricardo Eliçabe Refinery

• Ownership: Petrobras
• Website: http://www.petrobras.com.ar/
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• Location: Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Capacity: 1.5 million tons/annum & 30,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small low to medium complexity plant

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• hydrotreatment plant,
• catalytic reformer plant,
• isomerization plant
• LPG plant

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• It processes crude oil from the Neuquen basin as well as a variety of imported crudes

Products Produced

• Gasoline, export gasoline (virgin and unleaded), marine fuels, raw materials for the production of solvents and petrochemical products, kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oil, asphalt base, propane, propylene and butane

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1997 - a major and successful expansion process was concluded. New gasoline processing units were opened: hydrotreatment plant, catalytic reformer plant, isomerization plant and LPG plant
• 2011 - One person killed in an explosion

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