Campana Refinery Expansion Project

Summary Information

• 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:
• Budget:

The Project

• 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)
• Main Contractors:
  • Hytech: Basic and Detailed Engineering for revamp of Crude Unit and Reformer
• Licences:

Refining Units

• Crude unit - revamp
• Reformer - revamp
• Naphtha and Diesel hydrotreaters
• Delayed coker
• Sulfur recovery unit
• Sour water stripper
• Sour gas scrubbers
• Amine regeneration system

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• The refinery will produce much greater quantities of ULSD and Gasoline

History

• 2016 - IFC awarded the first loan
• 2017 - Hytec awarded basic engineering contract
• 2019 - IFC awarded the second loan

Other Information

• 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

Links

1. Hytech Downstream References
2. Axion Energy awards Hytech a Basic and Detailed Engineering contract to develop the revamp of the Campana Refinery Powerformer and Atmospheric Distillation
3. IFC project summary
4. IFC helps Argentina meet energy needs with $378 million in long term loans to Axion Energy
5. IFC helps Argentina meet energy needs with $500 million loan to Pan American Energy