Operadora Cerro Negro Heavy Oil Upgrader

Summary Information

• Ownership: PDVSA
• Website:
• Location:
• Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120.000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

• A heavy oil upgrader complex with the capacity to process 112,800 BPD of synthetic crude and convert it from 8°API to 16°API

+++ Refining Units

• [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]]
• Coker

+++ Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied from the Cerro Negro Heavy Oil Field

+++ Products Produced

• Synthetic 16 API crude oil

+++ Ongoing Projects

• -

+++ Other Information

• -

+++ History

• 2001 - Upgrader commissioned

Links

1. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
2. JGC Refinery References
3. Vepica Refinery Project References