Barrancabermeja Refinery Clean Fuels Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Ecopetrol
• Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
• Wiki Page: Barrancabaermeja-Santander Refinery
• Location: Barrancabermeja, Colombia
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Completed 2010
• Budget: US$1.023 billion

The Project

• Project Type: Upgrade
• Project Summary: The upgrade enabled the Barrancabermeja refinery to produce gasoline and diesel in compliance with international environmental regulations regarding sulphur content reduction.
• Main Contractors:
  • Technip Front end design, detailed engineering and procurement services for the process units, as well as supervision of contractors’ activities for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC).

Refining Units

• 19,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) gasoline hydrodesulphurization unit - Axens
• 57,000 BPSD diesel hydrodesulphurization unit - Axens
• 19,000 million standard cubic feet per day hydrogen production unit -Technip KTI
• 55 tons/day sulphur recovery unit
• 110 tons/day tail gas treatment unit
• 500 gallons per minute (GPM) sour water stripper
• 30 GPM diesel/gasoline amine regeneration unit.

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• Gasoline with fewer than 300 parts per million (ppm) of sulfur
• Diesel with less than 50 ppm of sulfur

History

• 2006 - Technip awarded a project management consulting (PMC) contract
• 2007 - Construction starts
• 2010 - The project was completed

Other Information

• The project was completed in September 2010

Links

1. Technip Refining References
2. Technip awarded contract by Ecopetrol for its Barrancabermeja refinery in Colombia
3. Ecopetrol starts operations of a Modern Plant for the Production of Clean Fuels