Petrojam Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petrojam
• Website: http://www.petrojam.com/
• Location: Kingston, Jamaica
• Capacity: 1.76 million tons/annum & 35,500 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

+++ Refining Units

• [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]], 35,500
• Vacuum Distillation 1,350
• Gas Oil Hydrofiner 7,200
• Kerosene Hydrofiner 6,000
• Naphta Hydrofiner 6,400
• De-ethaniser 6,700
• De-butaniser 6,600
• Virgin Naphtha Splitter 5,400
• Powerformer 3,540
• Powerformer Stabiliser 3,000
• C3/C4 Splitter 1,050

+++ Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

• Crude Oil for processing by Petrojam is purchased under the San Jose Accord from Venezuela and Mexico and the Caracas Agreement with Venezuela.
• In addition, some crude oil is purchased from third party suppliers

+++ Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil, Asphalt

+++ Ongoing Projects

• For more information see [[[Kingston Petrojam Refinery Project]]]
• Upgrade of the refinery's crude capacity from 36 kbbls/day to 50 kbbls/day (39% increase).
• Installation of a new catalytic reforming unit with capacity of 7,500 bbls/day.
• Installation of a new desulphurisation facility to reduce the sulphur content in diesel oil from 5,000 ppm to approximately 15 ppm.
• Installation of a new vacuum tower (nominal capacity 30kbbls/day) to produce vacuum gas oil for export.
• Installation of a Delayed Coker Unit (15 kbbls/day) for the conversion of the vacuum residue into higher quality products such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.
• The Petcoke by-product, which costs much less than the price for fuels such as coal, will be sold locally as fuel for power generation.

+++ Other Information

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+++ History

• 1964 - Refinery commissioned by ESSO
• 1982 - the Government of Jamaica purchased the Esso Kingston Refinery
• 2006 - the Government of Jamaica sold 49% of its shares to PDVCaribe.

+++ Relevant Links

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