Puerto La Cruz Refinery
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Summary Information

Brief Description

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Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation
  • Naphtha splitter 25,100 B/D
  • Alkylation unit
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracking,
  • Hydrotreatment,
    • Heavy Naphtha - 35,000 B/D
    • Diesel - 38,000 B/D
  • Catalytic reformer 35,000 B/D

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Domestic crude

Products Produced

  • Gasoline, Diesel, Fuel Oil

Ongoing Projects

  • The Puerto La Cruz refinery is to be expanded to 280,000 barrels a day and upgraded to be able to process crude from the Orinoco heavy crude belt
  • See Puerto La Cruz Refinery Expansion Project for details

Other Information

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History

  • 2004 - Valcor Project is completed, enabling production of low sulphur diesel and high octane gasoline

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