Salina Cruz refinery

Also known as: 

Antonio Dovali Jaime refinery, Refineria del Pacifico

The Salina Cruz refinery is a very large, medium complexity refinery located on the Pacific Coast in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca in Mexico.

It is 100% owned and operated by Pemex.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 7.9

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation: 330 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 165 kbpd

Visbreaking - 46 kbpd

FCC - 80 kbpd

Reformer (CCR) - 50 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater - 65 kbpd

Distillate hydrotreater - 165 kbpd

FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 50 kbpd

Alkylation - 13.2 kbpd

C5/C6 Isomerization - 13.8 kbpd

Oxygenates plant - 2.3 kbpd


Location

Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico

Website

Refinery history

1979 - Refinery opens with capacity of 165 kb/d

1989 - Second crude tower with 165 kb/d capacity added

1993 - Second FCC and visbreaker added

1997 - Alkylation and isomerization added