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
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 4.0
Major process units:
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
Location
Location
Refinery history
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