La Plata Refinery
Summary Information Ownership: Repsol - YPF Website: http://www.repsol.com/ List of Repsol Refineries Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Capacity: 9.5 million tons/annum & 189,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Coker Sulfur Recovery System Isomerization Unit CCR Reformer (UOP) - 120 m3/h Gasoline hydrotreater Lube Plant Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Crude is supplied from Repsol YPF's own oil fields in Santa Cruz province Argentina Products Produced LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Coke The DOLE plant produces lubricants, asphalt, paraffins and derivatives Ongoing Projects For Details see La Plata Refinery Project A Delayed Coker is to be installed at the La Plata refinery A Diesel Hydrotreater is to be installed at the refinery Other Information As of 2011, the refinery has a target of cutting CO2 emissions by 200,000 tons
History
- 1925 - Refinery Commissioned
- 2008 - Catalytic Cracking Revamp Project completed
- 2009 Delayed coker project started
- 2012 - Diesel hydrodesulfurization unit completed
- 2013 - Major fire in the coker
Links
- YPF Refining and Logistics
- Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
- Tecna Refinery References
- FCC-B Revamping in La Plata Refinery
- COKER UNIT REVAMPING
- Taking Control An article about the lube plant
- YPF Uses Phillips Technology to Maximize Unleaded Gasoline Production
- YPF Argentina refineries unaffected by output halt
- Repsol YPF has registered with the United Nations its La Plata refinery industrial project as a Clean Development Mechanism
- Taking Control at La Plata Refinery
- FRONT END ENGINEERING (FEED) OF THE NEW REFORMING UNIT WITH CONTINUOUS CATALYST REGENERATION (CCR)
- YPF confirms La Plata Refinery fire containment
