La Plata
La Plata is a medium sized refinery located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Runs mostly domestic crude from the Santa Cruz province.
100% owned and operated by YPF.
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 6.1
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation: 206 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 68 kbpd
Coking - 50 kbpd
FCC - 58.5 kbpd
Reformer (CCR) - 11.3 kbpd
Naphtha hydrotreater - 20.4 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 43.2 kbpd
FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 8.6 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 7.5 kbpd
Oxygenates plant - 5.6 kbpd
Base oil plant - 4.7 kpd
Asphalt plant - 5.4 kbpd
Refinery history
Refinery history
1925 - built
2012 - major fire in one coker which shut it down until 2016 when it was replaced