Pasadena Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Pasadena Refining (Petrobras)
- Website: http://www.pasadenarefining.com/
- Location: Pasadena, Texas, USA
- Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A medium sized complex refinery, with a high gasoline yield, located on the Houston Canal
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation - 100,000
- Vacuum Distillation - 38,000
- Delayed Coker - 12,500
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker - 56,000
- Catalytic Reformer - 23,000
- Hydrotreatment
- Naphtha - 28,000
- Gasoline - 34,000
- Distillate - 16,000
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery is supplied by tankers via the Houston ship canal
Products Produced
- Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene
Ongoing Projects
- Pasadena Refining System, Inc., has selected Fluor to provide front-end engineering study services for a prospective U.S. refinery project.
- Fluor will provide engineering, estimating and project management services for the conceptual engineering phase of the prospective project that would enhance the performance of the 100,000 barrel-per-day Pasadena, Texas, refinery.
- PRSI will also be adapted to process heavy crude oil
- See Pasadena Refinery Project
Other Information
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History
- 2006 - Petrobras bought a 50 percent stake in Pasadena Refinery
- 2007 - Low Sulfur Gasoline Unit began operations
- 2008 - Petrobras America took over full control of operations at Pasadena Refinery
- 2010 - Fluor chosen to provide front-end engineering study services for expansion
Relevant Links
- Petrobras USA
- US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Pasadena Refining Services in Texas $115,650 for multiple safety hazards
- Fluor Selected by Petrobras Affiliate for U.S. Refinery Study
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