La Rabida Refinery Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Cepsa
- Website: http://www.cepsa.com/
- Wiki Page La Rabida Refinery
- Location: Palos de la Frontera (Huelva).
- Capacity: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Close to Completion
- Expected Completion: 2010
- Budget:
The Project
- Project Type: Upgrade
- Project Summary:
- Main Contractors
- Foster Wheeler Detailed engineering of new crude, vacuum and gas recovery units
- UOP: Unit licences including two Merox™ process units, a Unionfining™ process unit and a Unicracking™ (hydrocracking) process unit
Refining Units
- Crude Distillation - 90,000 bbl/day
- Vacuum Distillation - 30,500 bbl/day
- Gas recovery unit
- Two Merox™ process units,
- A Unionfining™ process unit (Distillate Desulphurisation)
- A Unicracking™ process unit (Hydrocracker)
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
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Products Produced
- In particular production of diesel and jet fuel will be increased.
History
- 2006 - UOP awarded unit licences
- 2007 - Foster Wheeler Awarded Detailed engineering Contract
- 2010 - Project completed
Other Information
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Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- La Rabida Refinery Operations
- Refinery Flowchart
- UOP To Supply Technology For Eight Process Units For Expansion Of CEPSA’s La Rábida Refinery In Spain
- Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by CEPSA for New Refinery Units in Spain
- HM The King inaugurates refinery expansion "La Rabida"
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