RLAM refinery
Also known as:
Landulpho Alves, Mataripe, Acelen
The RLAM refinery is a large, medium complexity refinery located in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia State in Brazil.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Mubadala Capital through its subsidiary Acelen, after acquisition of the plant from Petrobras in 2021 for $1.8 Billion.
Petrobras is in discussions to reacquire the refinery.
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 4.6
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation: 323 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 126.1 kbpd
FCC - 28 kbpd
RCC - 66 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 69 kbpd
FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 50.3 kbpd
Base oil plant - 3 kpd
Asphalt plant - 5 kbpd
Land - 6.5 square km
Refinery history
1950 - Refinery built by Refinaria Nacional do Petroleo with 2.5 kb/d capacity
1953 - Merged into newly established Petrobras
1957 - Renamed Landulpho Alves
2021 - Petrobras sold RLAM refinery to Mubadala Capital for $1.8B
2024 - Petrobras is in dicussions to re-acquire the refinery
2026 - Plan to add 1 B litre/y renewable diesel plant, costing $2.4B