Miguel Hidalgo Tula Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership:
• Website: http://www.pemex.com/
  • List of Pemex Refineries
• Location: Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
• Capacity: 16.0 million tons/annum & 320,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

• A large medium complexity refinery

+++ Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Isomerization Plant
• Hydrodesulfurization Plant
  • Naphtha
• Alkylation Unit
• LPG Recovery
• Residue Conversion Unit - 50,000 BPSD
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

+++ Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

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+++ Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Fuel Oil

+++ Ongoing Projects

• The Miguel Hidalgo Tula Refinery Expansion Project will add 40,000 bpd capacity and upgrade the refinery to produce higher quality products

+++ Other Information

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+++ History

• 1997 - Refinery operations commence, with a capacity of 165,000 bpd
• 1987 - Refinery is expanded to 320,000 bpd
• 1996 - The Isomerization Plant, Deep Hydrodesulfurization Plant, TAME plant and MTBE plant were commissioned
• 1997 - Alkylation Unit commissioned
• 2010 - Saipem awarded the EPC contract for two desulphurisation units and two amine regeneration units

+++ Relevant Links

1. Chiyoda Alkylation Units
2. Saipem Naphtha Treating Units
3. Saipem LPG Treatment Units
4. Saipem Residue Conversion Units
5. Saipem Sulphur Block Units
6. Saipem awarded new onshore contracts worth approximately US$800 million