Amuay Refinery

Summary Information

Ownership: PDVSA Website: http://www.pdvsa.com/ Location: Paraguaná Peninsula in the far northwest of Venezuela Capacity: 32 million tons/annum & 635,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth:

Brief Description

A very large and complex refinery, Amuay is part of the Paraguana Refinery Complex

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Fluid catalytic cracking unit - 104,000 bpd
• Flexicoker - 62,000 bpd
• Alkylation Unit,
• Naftha Hydro-Treater
• Hydrodesulfurisation

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied via the Ule-Amuay Oil Pipelines

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Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1950 - The Creole Petroleum Corporation opened in the state of Falcon, Amuay refinery with an initial capacity of processing 60,000 b / d.
• 1994 - Delayed coker built
• 1997 - The refinery was merged with its neighbours
• 2012 - A massive explosion killed at least 26 people

Links

1. Crude Conversion Unit At PDVSA's Amuay Refinery Down For 2 Weeks
2. Amuay Flexicoquer started after successful maintenance
3. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
4. Technip Venezuela References
5. President Chávez decreed three days of national mourning after explosion in Amuay