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:
• 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:
  • PMC: Toyo Engineering
  • JGC Corporation - Detail engineering, procurement support and construction management services

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

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

• 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

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