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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
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* Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 440,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity: 22.0 million tons/annum & 440,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
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* Nelson Complexity:
Refining Depth:
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* 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.
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* 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
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* Atmospheric Distillation
Vacuum Distillation, 235,000
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* Vacuum Distillation, 235,000
Delayed Coker, 99,000
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* Delayed Coker, 99,000
Flıuidised Catalytic Cracker, 3*50,000
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* Flıuidised Catalytic Cracker, 3*50,000
Hydrocracker, 42,000
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* Hydrocracker, 42,000
Catalytic Reformer, 58,000 + 52,800
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* Catalytic Reformer, 58,000 + 52,800
Naphtha Desulphurisation, 123,000
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* 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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* 2003 - Revamp of coker
2006 - The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a cat feed hydrotreater conversion project
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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
Relevant Links
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* 2006 - The Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex completed a cat feed hydrotreater conversion project
Refinery Webpage
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Citgo Is Said to Plan January Work on Louisiana Refinery Catalytic Cracker
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=== Links ===
Lake Area Industry Alliance
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# [http://www.citgo.com/AboutCITGO/Operations/LakeCharlesManufacturing.jsp Refinery Webpage]
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# [[Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers]]
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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]
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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 09:43, 30 March 2020

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Citgo (PDVSA)
  • Website: http://www.citgo.com/
  • List of PDVSA Refineries
  • 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
  • 2003 - Revamp of coker
  • 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. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
  3. Citgo Is Said to Plan January Work on Louisiana Refinery Catalytic Cracker
  4. Lake Area Industry Alliance