Cartagena Refinery

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Cartagena Refinery
Complejo Reficar.jpg
Reficar industrial complex
Country Colombia
City Cartagena
Coordinates 10°18′54″N75°29′50″W / 10.31500°N 75.49722°W / 10.31500; -75.49722
Refinery details
OperatorRefineria de Cartagena S.A.
Owner(s) Ecopetrol
Commissioned1956 (1956)
Capacity210.000 bbl/d (33.3873 m3/d)
Refining unitscrude units, visbreaking units, fluid catalytic cracker, light products plants, polymerization plants, amine plants, sulfur plants, impurities treatment plants

The Cartagena Refinery is an oil refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of Ecopetrol. [1]

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History

The refinery was built by Intercol in 1956 and purchased by Ecopetrol in 1976.

Technical features

The refinery has a capacity of 75 thousand barrels per day (11.9×10^3 m3/d). [2] By 2013, the capacity will be increased to 165 thousand barrels per day (26.2×10^3 m3/d). [1] The refinery consists of crude units, visbreaking units, fluid catalytic cracker, light products plants, polymerization plants, amine plants, sulfur plants, and impurities treatment plants. [2] by 2023 its oil production increased to 210 thousand barrels per day (33×10^3 m3/d) [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ecopetrol Announces Approval of Cartagena Refinery Project". Downstream Today. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  2. 1 2 "Technical Configuration. The Cartagena Refinery today". Ecopetrol . Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  3. ""Actualmente, la producción de la Refinería de Cartagena es 210.000 barriles por día"". La República (in Spanish). February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.