Buenos Aires Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Shell
• Website: http://www.shell.com
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• Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

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Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Hydrotreating
• Catalytic reforming

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 175,000 m3
• Refined Products: 600,000 m3

Crude Supply

• Virtually all crude processed at the refinery are domestic, extracted from deposits in Santa Cruz, Chubut, Tierra del Fuego and Black River.
• The oils are transported from their fields to the refinery mostly by sea, but also received by pipeline

Products Produced

• Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Gasolines Diesel, Jet-A1, Solvents and white spirit, Gas oil, Bunker fuel oil, for ships, Basic lubricating oils, asphalt

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1931 - Refinery commissioned
• 2018 - Raizen acquires the refinery

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage (Spanish)
• Shell completes sale of its Downstream business in Argentina to Raízen

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