El Palito refinery
El Palito is a small, medium complexity refinery in Venezuela
It is owned and operated by PDVSA
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 7.2
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 140 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 71 kbpd
FCC - 60 kbpd
Alkylation - 20 kbpd
Reformer - 9 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 10 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 9 kbpd
Aromatics extraction - 2 kbpd
Oxygenates plant - 3 kbpd
Location
Location
Refinery history
Refinery history
1960 - Refinery commissioned by Socony Vacuum (Mobil)
1976 - Nationalized and placed in PDVSA