Minatitlan refinery
Also known as:
Lazaro Cardenas
Lazaro Cardenas
The Minatitlan refinery is a large, high conversion refinery located in Minatitlan, Veracruz in Mexico.
The refinery is owned and operated by Pemex.
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 8.6
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation: 240 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 77 kbpd
Coking - 55.8 kbpd
FCC - 30 kbpd
Reformer (SR) - 44.2 kbpd
Naphtha hydrotreater - 63 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 97 kbpd
FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 25 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 13.8 kbpd
Aromatics extraction - 17 kbpd
Location
Location
Salvador Díaz Mirón 119, Col. Obrera, Refineria Lazaro Cardenas del Rio, 96740 Minatitlan, Ver., Mexico
Refinery history
Refinery history
1956 - Refinery opens with 50 kb/d capacity and an FCC
1959 - Lubes plant added
1967 - Expanded to 176 kb/d
1995 - Isomerization added