Minatitlan Lazaro Cardenas Refinery
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Summary Information
- Also known as the General Lazaro Cardenas refinery
- Ownership: Pemex
- Website: http://www.pemex.com/
- List of Pemex Refineries
- Location: Minatitlan, Velacruz, Mexico
- Capacity: 16.0 million tons/annum & 320,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
- Alkylation 13,400 BPSD
- Diesel Hydrotreatment
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery uses a mixture of Isthmus Crude Oil and Maya Crude Oil
Products Produced
- gasoline, diesel, sulfur-free diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, LPG gas, naphtha gas, isobutene, sulfur and ciclohexane
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery was significantly expanded in a project that was completed in 2011
- For details see Minatitlan Refinery Project
- The refinery is undergoing further investment in desulphurisation capacity
Other Information
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History
- 1906 - Refinery commissioned
- 2005 - ICA Fluor Signs $690 Million Contract to Build auxiliary services, a water treatment plant and works to integrate all services of the refinery
- 2011 - Refinery upgrade and expansion completed
- 2014 - Tecnicas awarded clean fuels project
- 2016 - Tecnicas awarded second part of clean fuels project
Relevant Links
- Vepica Refinery Project References
- IPD Latin America Mexican EnergyNet
- Speech by President Felipe Calderón at the opening event of the reconfiguration of the refinery "General Lázaro Cárdenas.
- ICA Fluor Signs $690 Million Contract to Build Package II of a Refining Complex for Pemex
- Pemex Refinación awards TR a new project at the Minatitlan Refinery
- Pemex awards TR a new project at the Minatitlan Refinery
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