Esmeraldas Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petroecuador
• Website: http://ind.eppetroecuador.ec/
• Location: the province of Esmeraldas in the northwest of Ecuador
• Capacity: 5.5 million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

• A medium sized refinery of medium complexity. It is the largest refinery in Ecuador

+++ Refining Units

• [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]]
• Vacuum Distillation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• CCR Reformer
• Diesel Desulphurisation
• Naphtha Desulphurisation
• Visbreaker - 12,600 * 2
• Asphalt Unit

+++ Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

• -

+++ Products Produced

• Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas LPG), jet fuel, fuel oil No. 4, No. 6 fuel oil, asphalt 80/100 and RC-2, as well as butane, propane and solid sulfur.

+++ Ongoing Projects

• Ecuador plans to invest $700 million to renovate and modernize the Esmeraldas refinery, the Andean nation's largest refinery by 2013
• For details see [[[Esmeraldas Refinery Project]]]

+++ Other Information

• It processes domestic crude

+++ History

• 1977 - The refinery began operations with a capacity of 55 600 barrels per day
• 1987 - An expansion project increased capacity to 90,000 barrels per day. A jet fuel sweetening unit was added and naphtha sweetener revamped
• 1997 - The refinery expanded its facilities to process 110 000 barrels per day, adapted to process heavier crudes, adding new units to improve fuel quality and minimize environmental impact

+++ Relevant Links

1. Chiyoda Crude Distillation Units
2. [[[Chiyoda Vacuum Flasher Vacuum Distillation Units]]]
3. [[[Chiyoda Visbreaking Units]]]
4. [[[Chiyoda Sweetening Units]]]
5. [[[Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units]]]
6. [[[Chiyoda Blown Asphalt Bitumen Units]]]
7. [[[Chiyoda Naphtha And Middle Distillate Hydrodesulfurization U]]]
8. [[[Chiyoda H2S Removal Units With Amine]]]
9. Ecuador to invest $700 mn in refinery upgrade
10. Chiyoda Corp, Ecuador Projects
11. Petroecuador Refining