Barrancabermeja refinery

Barancabermeja is a large, medium-complexity refinery in Colombia.

It is 100% owned and operated by Ecopetrol.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 6

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation: 232 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 101 kbpd

Visbreaking - 33 kbpd

FCC - 84 kbpd

Reformer (CCR) - 10 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 57 kbpd

VGO hydrotreater - 19.8 kbpd

FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 19 kbpd

Alkylation - 2.1 kbpd

Aromatics extraction - 2.2 kbpd

Base oil plant - 0.9 kpd

Asphalt plant - 6 kbpd

Location

Refineria Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia

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Refinery history