Capuava RECAP Refinery
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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
