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Summary Information
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=== Summary Information ===
Ownership: Citgo (PDVSA)
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* Ownership: Citgo (PDVSA)
Website: http://www.citgo.com/
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* Website: http://www.citgo.com/
List of PDVSA Refineries
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* List of [[PDVSA Refineries]]
 
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
 
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
 
Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 440,000 bbl/day
 
Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 440,000 bbl/day
 
Nelson Complexity:
 
Nelson Complexity:
 
Refining Depth:
 
Refining Depth:
Brief Description
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=== Brief Description ===
 
The CITGO Lake Charles Refinery is a modern, deep-conversion facility with a processing capacity of 440,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The fifth largest refinery in the nation, it’s particularly suited to process heavy crudes into high-octane, unleaded gasoline.
 
The CITGO Lake Charles Refinery is a modern, deep-conversion facility with a processing capacity of 440,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The fifth largest refinery in the nation, it’s particularly suited to process heavy crudes into high-octane, unleaded gasoline.
Refining Units
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=== Refining Units ===
 
Atmospheric Distillation
 
Atmospheric Distillation
 
Vacuum Distillation, 235,000
 
Vacuum Distillation, 235,000
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Catalytic Reformer, 58,000 + 52,800
 
Catalytic Reformer, 58,000 + 52,800
 
Naphtha Desulphurisation, 123,000
 
Naphtha Desulphurisation, 123,000
Gasoline Desulphurisation, 77,000
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* Gasoline Desulphurisation, 77,000
Kerosine Desulphurisation, 29,000
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* Kerosine Desulphurisation, 29,000
Diesel Desulphurisation, 117,500
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* Diesel Desulphurisation, 117,500
Terminal Capacity
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=== Terminal Capacity ===
Crude Oil:
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* Crude Oil:
Refined Products:
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* Refined Products:
Crude Supply
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=== Crude Supply ===
Can process heavy and sour crudes
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* Can process heavy and sour crudes
Uses Venezuelan crude
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* Uses Venezuelan crude
It also processes sweet crude from domestic producers, primarily in Texas and Louisiana
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* It also processes sweet crude from domestic producers, primarily in Texas and Louisiana
Products Produced
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=== Products Produced ===
Gasoline, Diesel, LPG, Coke, Jet Fuel
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* Gasoline, Diesel, LPG, Coke, Jet Fuel
Ongoing Projects
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=== Projects ===
 
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Other Information
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=== Other Information ===
 
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History
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=== History ===
1944 - Refinery commissioned
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* 1944 - Refinery commissioned
2004 - CITGO invested $500 million in the Crude Vacuum Expansion Project (CVEP)/Tier II Program to increase its crude processing capacity to 425,000 barrels per day (bpd), an increase of 105,000 bpd
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* 2004 - CITGO invested $500 million in the Crude Vacuum Expansion Project (CVEP)/Tier II Program to increase its crude processing capacity to 425,000 barrels per day (bpd), an increase of 105,000 bpd
2006 - The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a cat feed hydrotreater conversion project
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* 2006 - The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a cat feed hydrotreater conversion project
Relevant Links
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=== Links ===
Refinery Webpage
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# [http://www.citgo.com/AboutCITGO/Operations/LakeCharlesManufacturing.jsp Refinery Webpage]
Citgo Is Said to Plan January Work on Louisiana Refinery Catalytic Cracker
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# [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-23/citgo-said-to-plan-january-louisiana-refinery-cat-cracker-work.html Citgo Is Said to Plan January Work on Louisiana Refinery Catalytic Cracker]
Lake Area Industry Alliance
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# [http://www.laia.com/members_memberCompaniesInfo.aspx?entryId=10 Lake Area Industry Alliance]
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[[category:Refinery]]
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[[category:USA]]
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[[category:PDVSA]]

Revision as of 11:02, 13 March 2020

Summary Information

Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 440,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth:

Brief Description

The CITGO Lake Charles Refinery is a modern, deep-conversion facility with a processing capacity of 440,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The fifth largest refinery in the nation, it’s particularly suited to process heavy crudes into high-octane, unleaded gasoline.

Refining Units

Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation, 235,000 Delayed Coker, 99,000 Flıuidised Catalytic Cracker, 3*50,000 Hydrocracker, 42,000 Catalytic Reformer, 58,000 + 52,800 Naphtha Desulphurisation, 123,000

  • Gasoline Desulphurisation, 77,000
  • Kerosine Desulphurisation, 29,000
  • Diesel Desulphurisation, 117,500

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Can process heavy and sour crudes
  • Uses Venezuelan crude
  • It also processes sweet crude from domestic producers, primarily in Texas and Louisiana

Products Produced

  • Gasoline, Diesel, LPG, Coke, Jet Fuel

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1944 - Refinery commissioned
  • 2004 - CITGO invested $500 million in the Crude Vacuum Expansion Project (CVEP)/Tier II Program to increase its crude processing capacity to 425,000 barrels per day (bpd), an increase of 105,000 bpd
  • 2006 - The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a cat feed hydrotreater conversion project

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Citgo Is Said to Plan January Work on Louisiana Refinery Catalytic Cracker
  3. Lake Area Industry Alliance