Porto Refinery

Summary Information

• Also known as Matosinhos Refinery
• Ownership: Galp
• Website: http://www.galpenergia.com/
• Location: Porto, Northwest coast of Portugal
• Capacity: 5.5 million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 10.7
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A large high complex refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Visbreaker
• Diesel Desulphurisation
• Catalytic Reformer
• Merox
• Sulphur Recovery
• Base Oil Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 680,000 m3
• Refined Products: 1,200,000 m3

Products Produced

LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Fuel Oil

Projects

• The refinery was expanded and upgraded in 2011
• For Details see Porto Refinery Upgrade Project
• The conversion project added a grassroot vacuum flash and distillation unit, a visbreaker, a diesel hydrodesulphurization units and associated utilities and infrastructure to the Galp's Porto Refinery and is part of an investment program that will allow Galp to increase the diesel production by 50,000 barrels per day and the utilization rate of the existing refineries, allowing Galp to process heavier crudes and meet the latest environmental regulations
• The refinery also replaced older oil-fired technology with gas turbines

Other Information

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History

• 1966 - The construction of the Porto refinery began
• 1969 - The refinery came on stream
• 1999 - Platformate project started
• 2007 - Major upgrade launched
• 2011 - Upgrade project completed
• 2020 - Galp decides to close the refinery

Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Foster Wheeler Awarded $16-Million Contract By Portugal's Petrogal For Refinery Project
3. Hydrocarbons Technology
4. Fluor Selected by Galp Energia for Front-End Engineering & Design Work for Refinery Conversion in Portugal
5. GE Technology Bringing Higher Efficiency, Lower Emissions to Portugal’s Refinery Sector
6. Galp to concentrate refining operations in Sines