Sincor Heavy Crude Upgrader

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Summary Information

• Ownership: PDVSA / Total / Statoil
• Website:
• Location: Jose, Anzoategui, Venezuela
• Capacity: 10.0 million tons/annum & 200,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A heavy crude upgrader

Refining Units

• Delayed Coker
• Sulfur complex
  • Three Sulfur Recovery Units (403 MTPD each):
  • A Tail Gas Treatment Unit,
  • Two Amine Regeneration Units,
  • One phenolic Sour Water Stripper,
  • One non-phenolic Sour Water Stripper

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• 8.5 API Ultra Heavy Crude

Products Produced

• 180,000 barrels of high-quality syncrude, Zuata Sweet Syncrude
• In addition, 6,000 tones of coke and 900 tones of sulphur are produced as by-products

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

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History

• 1997 - The Sincor project was initiated
• 1998 - Construction begins
• 2002 - Refinery Commissioned

Relevant Links

• OTEPI References
• Grass Roots Sulfur Complex Package
• Sincor Coke Handling Tube Conveyor
• Jose Sincor Project, Venezuela
• Upgrading Sincor Oil
• Venezuela: First Zuata Sweet Syncrude Production from Sincor

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