Reficar Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Ecopetrol / Glencore
• Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
• Wiki Page: Cartagena Reficar Refinery
• Location: Mamonal of the Cartagena Bay, 30 minutes to the west of the Cartagena city on the northern coast of Colombia.
• Capacity:
  • Before: 4.0 million tons/annum & 78,000 bbl/day
  • After: 8.25 million tons/annum & 165,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Planning
• Expected Completion: 2013
• Budget: $1.4 Billion (This is however unrealistic)

The Project

• Project Type: Greenfield Refinery, Plus revamping of existing plant
• Project Summary:
  • The construction of a new refinery, with processing capacity of 165,000 barrels per day, is adjacent to REFICAR's refinery in Cartagena
  • The project includes revamping the existing 78,000 barrel per day refinery.
  • The overall project will relieve regional refining constraints and will enable REFICAR to produce clean, ultra-low sulfur gasoline and diesel from heavy crude.
• Main Contractors:
  • CB&I: EPC, engineering, procurement services and construction
  • Foster Wheeler: Project Management Consultant
  • Kentz: Electrical and instrumentation installation works
• Licences:
  • Merichem: LPG, Kerosene and Naphtha treatment

Refining Units

• Crude and Vacuum Distillation
• Fluid Catalytic Cracker
• Naphtha Hydrotreater
• Diesel Hydrotreater
• Hydrocracker
• Hydrogen Plant
• Sulfur Plant
• Delayed Coker
• HF Alkylation,
• C4 Isomerization
• Power Generation
• Offsites and Utilities

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Heavy & sour domestic crude

Products Produced

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History

• 2003 - Technip awarded basic design
• 2009 - CBI awarded EPC contract
• 2009 - Foster Wheeler awarded Project Management Consultant contract
• 2010 - Merichem technologies chosen

Other Information

• The Export-Import Bank of the United States granted a $2.84 billion direct loan/loan guarantee package for the project

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. The Cartagena Refinery Development Master Plan
3. Technip-Coflexip wins a basic design/PMC contract for a refinery project in Colombia
4. Foster Wheeler Serves as REFICAR's PMC for REFICAR Refinery Project in Colombia
5. CB&I Awarded REFICAR Refinery Project in Colombia
6. REFICAR Selects Merichem technologies for treatment of LPG, Jet Fuel, and Spent Caustic
7. Ex-Im Bank Gives Preliminary OK For $2.8 Billion Export Financing For Colombian Refinery Project
8. Environmental and Social Due Diligence: Reficar Cartagena Refinery Expansion, Colombia
9. Kentz consortium awarded US$58m contract in Colombia by CB&I

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