Barrancabermeja Refinery Clean Fuels Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Ecopetrol
- Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
- Wiki Page: Barrancabaermeja Santander Refinery
- Location: Barrancabermeja, Colombia
- Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Completed
- Expected Completion: 2010
- Budget: US$1.023 billion
The Project
- Project Type: Upgrade
- Project Summary: The upgrade will enable the Barrancabermeja refinery to produce gasoline and diesel in compliance with international environmental regulations regarding sulphur content reduction.
- Main Contractors:
- Technip Front end design, detailed engineering and procurement services for the process units, as well as supervision of contractors’ activities for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC).
Refining Units
- 19,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) gasoline hydrodesulphurization unit - Axens
- 57,000 BPSD diesel hydrodesulphurization unit - Axens
- 19,000 million standard cubic feet per day hydrogen production unit -Technip KTI
- 55 tons/day sulphur recovery unit
- 110 tons/day tail gas treatment unit
- 500 gallons per minute (GPM) sour water stripper
- 30 GPM diesel/gasoline amine regeneration unit.
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- -
Products Produced
- Gasoline with fewer than 300 parts per million (ppm) of sulfur
- Diesel with less than 50 ppm of sulfur
History
- 2006 - Technip awarded a project management consulting (PMC) contract
- 2007 - Construction starts
- 2010 - The project was completed
Other Information
- The project was completed in September 2010
Relevant Links
- Technip Refining References
- Technip awarded contract by Ecopetrol for its Barrancabermeja refinery in Colombia
- Ecopetrol starts operations of a Modern Plant for the Production of Clean Fuels
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