Talara refinery

Talara is a very small, low complexity refinery located in Northern Pacific Coast of Peru

It is owned and operated by PetroPeru

in 2019 the refinery was idled and a program begun for major reconfiguration and expansion

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 4.0

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 62 kbpd

Vacuum distillation  - 29 kbpd

FCC   - 19 kbpd

Base oil plant - 1 kbpd

Asphalt plant - 3 kbpd

land - 129 hectares

Refinery history

1917 - Refinery commissioned by the International Petroleum Company

1969 - PetroPeru created and assumed ownership

2019 - Refinery idled to allow for a major reconfiguration and upgrade