Isla refinery
Also known as:
Curacao refinery
Isla is a large, low complexity refinery on the Island of Curacao off the coast of Venezuela
The refinery is owned by the government through the state company RdK, which is in negotiatins with CORC to operate the plant
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 6.2
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 320 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 195 kbpd
Visbreaker - 81 kbpd
FCC - 53 kbpd
Alkylation - 11 kbpd
Polymerization - 2 kbpd
Reformer - 22 kbpd - Semiregen
Naphtha hydrotreater - 53 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 37 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 27 kbpd
Hydrogen production - 21 MMscfd
Base oil plant - 9 kbpd
Asphalt plant - 26 kbpd
Location
Refinery history
1918 - Refinery commissioned by Shell
1985 - Refinery sold to Curacao government and leased to PDVSA to operate
2019 - PDVSA lease was not renewed and control of refinery reverted to RdK and ceased operations
2024 - RdK agreement with Global Oil to restart the refinery for asphalt production