Campana Refinery Expansion Project

Ownership: Axion Energy / Pan American Energy
Website:
- https://www.axionenergy.com/
- https://www.pan-energy.com/
Wiki Page: Axion Campana Refinery
Location:
Capacity:
- Before: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day
- After: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
Project Stage: Under construction
Expected Completion: 2022
Budget: $900 million

Project Type: Expansion and upgrade
Project Summary:
- The project, aims to expand the refinery’s crude processing capacity and to increase refining depth
- It will produce ultra-low sulfur diesel and gasoline (diesel + 1,200,000 m3/year and gasoline + 650,000 m3/year)
- Phase II includes a new preheating train to the primary distillation unit, replacing the reformer’s fired heater, catalytic cracker revamp, replacing the two coke drums, conversion of diesel hydrotreater unit into a naphtha hydrotreater
Main Contractors:
- Hytech: Basic and Detailed Engineering for revamp of Crude Unit and Reformer
- PROSERNAT: Modular supply of a complete Sulphur Block including Fuel Gas Treating Unit, Amine Regeneration Unit, double stage Sour Water Stripper Unit, Claus Unit, Tail Gas treatment Unit
Licences:

The additional crude required by the refinery as a result of the expansion will be supplied by pipeline, requiring an expansion of the main pipeline

IFC has made two loans for the project
- US$135 million of a US$500 million package in 2019
- US$78 million of a US$378 million package in 2016

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