La Libertad Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Petroecuador
  • Website: http://ind.eppetroecuador.ec/
  • Location: Province of Santa Elena, La Libertad Canton
  • Capacity: 2.25 million tons/annum & 45,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

  • The refinery is over 60 years old and is small and simple

+++ Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation 26,000 BPD + 10,000 BPD + 9,000 BPD

+++ Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

  • The refinery processes a 28.5 degrees API crude

+++ Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline, Diesel # 1, No. 2 Diesel, Jet Fuel, JP1, Fuel Oil No. 6 , Solvent No. 1, Solvent No. 2 (Rubber Solvent), Spray Oil and Mineral Turpentine

+++ Ongoing Projects

  • -

+++ Other Information

  • -

+++ History

  • 1940 - Refinery built with 7,000 bpd capacity
  • 2004 - Bluewater awarded a contract to supply a Single Point Mooring (SPM) system

+++ Relevant Links

  1. Petroecuador Refining
  2. Bluewater Calm Buoy Mooring References
  3. Bluewater awarded SPM contract by OXXO SA for the La Libertad refinery in Equador