La Rabida Refinery Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Cepsa
- Website: http://www.cepsa.com/
- Wiki Page La Rabida Refinery
- Location: Palos de la Frontera (Huelva).
- Capacity: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Close to Completion
- Expected Completion: 2010
- Budget:
+++ The Project
- Project Type: Upgrade
- Project Summary:
- Main Contractors
- **Foster Wheeler** Detailed engineering of new crude, vacuum and gas recovery units
- **UOP:** Unit licences including two Merox™ process units, a Unionfining™ process unit and a Unicracking™ (hydrocracking) process unit
+++ Refining Units
- Crude Distillation - 90,000 bbl/day
- Vacuum Distillation - 30,500 bbl/day
- Gas recovery unit
- Two Merox™ process units,
- A Unionfining™ process unit (Distillate Desulphurisation)
- A Unicracking™ process unit (Hydrocracker)
+++ Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
+++ Crude Supply
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+++ Products Produced
- In particular production of diesel and jet fuel will be increased.
+++ History
- 2006 - UOP awarded unit licences
- 2007 - Foster Wheeler Awarded Detailed engineering Contract
- 2010 - Project completed
+++ Other Information
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+++ Relevant Links
