Minatitlan refinery

Also known as: 

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

Complexity: 8.6

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

Salvador Díaz Mirón 119, Col. Obrera, Refineria Lazaro Cardenas del Rio, 96740 Minatitlan, Ver., Mexico

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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