Madero refinery

Also known as: 

Francisco I Madero

The Madero refinery is a medium sized, high conversion refinery located on the Gulf of Mexico outside Tampico in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas in Mexico.

The refinery is owned and operated by Pemex.


Refinery configuration

Complexity: 12.2

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation: 190 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 105 kbpd

Coking - 57 kbpd

FCC - 67.5 kbpd

Reformer (SR) - 41.4 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater - 57.5 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 141.7 kbpd

FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 40 kbpd

Alkylation - 12.6 kbpd

C5/C6 Isomerization - 9.7 kbpd

Oxygenates plant - 4.8 kbpd

Asphalt plant - 18 kbpd


Location

Ave.Alvaro Obregon No.3014, Col Emilio Carranza, 89530 Cd Madero, Tamps., Mexico

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Refinery history

1960 - Refinery opens with 125 kb/d capacity

1987 - Expansion to 196 kb/d