Cadereyta refinery

Also known as: 

Hector R Lara Sosa

The Cadereyta refinery is a large, medium complexity refinery located outside of Monterrey in Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon in Mexico.

The refinery is owned and operated by Pemex.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 9.9

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation: 275 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 123.9 kbpd

Coking - 46 kbpd

RCC - 90 kbpd

Reformer (SR) - 47.8 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater - 65 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 149.7 kbpd

VGO hydrotreater - 36.8 kbpd

FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 42.5 kbpd

Alkylation - 10.3 kbpd

C5/C6 Isomerization - 11 kbpd

Oxygenates plant - 2.7 kbpd

Asphalt plant - 20 kbpd


Location

Carretera Monterrey Reynosa Km. 36.5, Cadereyta Jiménez, N.L., Mexico

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Refinery history

1979 - Refinery opens with 100 kb/d capacity

1980 - Second crude unit adds 13 kb/d

1994 - Visbreaker and MTBE added

1995 - C5 Isomerization added

1997 - Second FCC added