Operadora Cerro Negro Heavy Oil Upgrader

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Summary Information

• Ownership: PDVSA
• Website:
• Location:
• Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120.000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A heavy oil upgrader complex with the capacity to process 112,800 BPD of synthetic crude and convert it from 8°API to 16°API

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Coker

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied from the Cerro Negro Heavy Oil Field

Products Produced

• Synthetic 16 API crude oil

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

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History

• 2001 - Upgrader commissioned

Relevant Links

1. Vepica Refinery Project References
2. JGC Refinery References

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