Barrancabaermeja Santander Refinery

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Refineries in Colombia

• Cartagena Reficar Refinery
• Barrancabermeja Refinery Clean Fuels Project
• Cartagena Reficar Refinery Project
• Reficar Refinery Project
• Barrancabermeja Refinery Upgrade Project

Ecopetrol Refineries

• Cartagena Reficar Refinery
• Barrancabermeja Refinery Clean Fuels Project
• Cartagena Reficar Refinery Project
• Reficar Refinery Project
• Barrancabermeja Refinery Upgrade Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Ecopetrol
• Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
• Location: Santander, Colombia
• Capacity: 12.5 million tons/annum & 250,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• Barrancabaermeja Santander Refinery is the largest in Colombia, supplying 80% of the country's refined product needs

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Catalytic reformer unit - 120,000 BPD
• Soaker Visbreaker - 25,000 BPSD

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• The refinery is able to produce ultra low sulphur fuels

Ongoing Projects

• There is an upgrading project that will enable the refinery to increase the conversion factor from 76% to 95% and a greater quantity of heavy crudes will be processed
• For details see Barrancabermeja Refinery Upgrade Project

History

• 1994 - FCC project launched
• 2004 - Catalytic reformer unit expansion completed
• 2010 - The Barrancabermeja Refinery Clean Fuels Project was completed

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