Reficar Refinery Project

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Ecopetrol
  • Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
  • Wikipage: Cartagena Reficar Refinery
  • Location: Cartagena, Colombia
  • Capacity:
    • Before: 4.0 million tons/annum & 80,000 bbl/day
    • After:8.25 million tons/annum & 165,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Project Stage: Construction to start 2010
  • Expected Completion: 2013
  • Budget: $1.4 Billion

The Project

  • Project Type: Expansion & Upgrade
  • Project Summary: CB&I has been awarded a project valued in excess of US$1.4 billion by Refinería de Cartagena S.A. for the engineering, procurement services and construction of a new refinery, with processing capacity of 165,000 barrels per day, adjacent to REFICAR's refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. CB&I's scope also includes revamping the existing 80,000 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
    • Foster Wheeler: PMC

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

  • The refinery will use a heavy crude slate

Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline, Jet Fuel

Other Information

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