La Plata Refinery
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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Repsol - YPF
  • Website: http://www.repsol.com/
  • Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Capacity: 9.5 million tons/annum & 189,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
  • Coker
  • Sulfur Recovery System
  • Isomerization Unit
  • CCR Reformer (UOP) - 120 m3/h
  • Gasoline hydrotreater
  • Lube Plant

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Crude is supplied from Repsol YPF's own oil fields in Santa Cruz province Argentina

Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Coke
  • The DOLE plant produces lubricants, asphalt, paraffins and derivatives

Ongoing Projects

  • For Details see La Plata Refinery Project
  • A Delayed Coker is to be installed at the La Plata refinery
  • A Diesel Hydrotreater is to be installed at the refinery

Other Information

  • As of 2011, the refinery has a target of cutting CO2 emissions by 200,000 tons

History

  • 1925 - Refinery Commissioned
  • 2008 - Catalytic Cracking Revamp Project completed
  • 2012 - Diesel hydrodesulfurization unit completed
  • 2013 - Major fire in the coker

Relevant Links

  1. YPF Refining and Logistics
  2. Tecna Refinery References
  3. FCC-B Revamping in La Plata Refinery
  4. COKER UNIT REVAMPING
  5. Taking Control An article about the lube plant
  6. YPF Uses Phillips Technology to Maximize Unleaded Gasoline Production
  7. YPF Argentina refineries unaffected by output halt
  8. Repsol YPF has registered with the United Nations its La Plata refinery industrial project as a Clean Development Mechanism
  9. Taking Control at La Plata Refinery
  10. FRONT END ENGINEERING (FEED) OF THE NEW REFORMING UNIT WITH CONTINUOUS CATALYST REGENERATION (CCR)
  11. YPF confirms La Plata Refinery fire containment

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