The Cartagena Refinery is an
oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial processes, industrial process Factory, plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refining, refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, Bitumen, asphalt base, ...
in
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena ( ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea. Cartagena's past role as a link in the route ...
. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of
Ecopetrol
Ecopetrol, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleo S.A. () is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia. As a result of its continuous growth, Ecopetrol forms part of the Fortune Global 500 and was ranked 346. In the 2020 ...
.
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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 .
[ By 2013, the capacity will be increased to .][ The refinery consists of crude units, visbreaking units, ]fluid catalytic cracker
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, light products plants, polymerization
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plants, amine plant
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s, sulfur plants, and impurities treatment plants.[
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by 2023 its oil production increased to
See also
* List of oil refineries
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References
{{Portal, Colombia, Energy
Oil refineries in Colombia
Buildings and structures in Cartagena, Colombia
1956 establishments in Colombia