Capuava RECAP Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petrobras
• Website: http://www.petrobras.com.br/en/
• List of Petrobras Refineries
• Location: Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil
• Capacity: 2.5 million tons/annum & 53,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small, complex refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• RFCC
• Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) - 20 ton/day
• Tail Gas Treatment Unit (TGTU)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• 90% of the oil processed at the refinery is domestic

Products Produced

• Propene, LPG, gasoline, metropolitan diesel fuel (with low sulfur content) and special solvents
• The refinery is connected to the Barueri, Cubatão, and São Caetano do Sul terminals.
• The refinery supplies the Grande ABC Petrochemical Complex

Projects

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Other Information

• Capuava Refinery (Recap), in Mauá, São Paulo State, is the company’s first plant with zero effluent discharge.

History

• 1954 - Refinery commissioned
• 1974 - Petrobras took over the refinery
• 1999 - RFCC commissioned
• 2003 - Propylene Separation Unit commissioned
• 2009 - The first oil from the Pre-Salt Tupi accumulation in the Santos Basin was refined at this refinery
• 2012 - New gasoline and diesel hydrotreatment units were commissioned

Links

1. Refinery webpage
2. EFFLUENT TREATMENT AND REUSE OF WATER IN CAPUAVA REFINERY (RECAP)
3. Petrobras and the pre-salt
4. Propylene Separation Unit
5. Skanska to expand refinery in Brazil for USD 50 M, about SEK 310 M