Puerto La Cruz Refinery Expansion Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: PDVSA
- Website: http://www.pdvsa.com/
- Wiki Page: Puerto La Cruz Refinery
- Location: Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
- Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: PMC awarded
- Expected Completion: 2016
- Budget: US$ 5 billion
The Project
- Project Type: Upgrade & Expansion
- Project Summary: 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
- Main Contractors:
- Toyo Engineering / Vepica: PMC
- JGC Corporation - Detail engineering, procurement support and construction management services
- Hyundai-Wison - Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Start-up assistance
- Wison - Procurement and construction for the site preparation
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation,
- Vacuum Distillation,
- Slurry Hydrocraker (HDH Plus*),
- Sequential Hydroprocessing (SHP),
- Sulfur Recovery,
- Hydrogen Production
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The upgrade will enable the refinery to process very heavy crudes
Products Produced
- The refinery produces mainly automotive fuels
History
- 2007 - JGC was awarded a contract for the FEED (Front End Engineering Design)
- 2008 - JGC designated engineering contractor for the HDH Plus® process
- 2011 - Toyo engineering awarded PMC contract
- 2012 - Hyundai-Wison awarded Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Start-up assistance contract
- 2013 - Technip awarded contract for hydrogen units
Other Information
- The facilities will be first in the world to commercially employ the HDH Plus® heavy crude oil cracking process technology, which was developed independently by PDVSA.
Relevant Links
- Vepica Refinery Project References
- HDHPLUS/SHP technology will be used at the Puerto La Cruz refinery
- Financial resources secured to expand the capacity of El Palito and Puerto La Cruz refineries
- Japan, PDVSA Sign $1.5 Billion Loan to Expand Refineries
- Award of PMC Contract for Large Scale Heavy Oil Upgrading Project in Venezuela
- JGC Wins Oil Refinery Expansion Project in Venezuela
- Wison wins Puerto la Cruz oil refinery in Venezuela
- Technip awarded contract for two hydrogen reformers in Venezuela
- Wison Wins Another Procurement and Construction Contract for Puerto La Cruz Refinery Deep Conversion
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