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La Pampilla refinery

Coordinates: 11°55′08″S 77°07′52″W / 11.919°S 77.131°W / -11.919; -77.131
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La Pampilla Refinery
CountryPeru
RegionCallao
LocationVentanilla
OperatorGrupo Repsol del Perú S.A.C.
Field history
Start of development1967
Production
Current production of oil117.000 barrels per day (~7,311 t/a)
Year of current production of oil2020

La Pampilla refinery is an oil refinery in Peru, under the administration of Grupo Repsol del Perú S.A.C. It is located on Néstor Gambetta Avenue in Ventanilla, Callao, and has a capacity to refine 117,000 barrels of oil per day,[1] which represents half of the country's refining production.

History

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The construction of the refinery was put out to tender in 1964 and inaugurated in 1967,[2] built by Petroperú. In 1996, the refinery became part of Repsol[3] for around 180 million dollars, as part of the privatisation process carried out by former president Alberto Fujimori.

In 2014, the modernisation of the refinery began, estimated at US$740 million.[4] It is expected that with the modernization the sulfur content will be reduced to 50 (ppm) by 2016 as well as the improvement of other fuels by 2018.[5]

Oil spill

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On January 15, 2022, and during the oil unloading process at the refinery, a crude oil spill occurred on the coast of the Ventanilla district, estimated at 6 thousand barrels of oil, aud thus affecting the flora and fauna of the Peruvian sea. It is considered the largest ecological disaster to occur on the Peruvian coast.[citation needed]

The actions of the refinery and its owner, Repsol, have been harshly criticised for the cleaning and decontamination work carried out after the spill,[6][7] reflecting the lack of a contingency plan for possible disasters.[8]

The government's response was the stoppage of activities in terminal No. 2 of the refinery, ordered by the OSINERGMIN [es],[9] and a fine amounting to 33.4 million dollars, as announced by the Minister of the Environment, Rubén Ramírez Mateo [es].[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Las siete refinerías que abastecen de combustible en el Perú". Revista Horizonte Minero (in Spanish). 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  2. ^ "Historía | Repsol PE". REPSOL (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  3. ^ "Ejecutivos, Representantes y Directores - Refineria La Pampilla S.A.A".
  4. ^ Repsol invertirá en La Pampilla más de US$ 430 millones, Gestión
  5. ^ La Pampilla: Nueva planta de desulfurización de diesel avanza al 40%, Gestión
  6. ^ LR, Redacción (2022-01-19). "Alcalde de Ventanilla sobre derrame de petróleo: Están usando recogedores que tenemos en casa". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  7. ^ GESTIÓN, NOTICIAS (2022-01-19). "Derrame de petróleo | Refinería La Pampilla | Repsol | tras críticas de autoridades por derrame de petróleo: "Se trabaja para devolver a su estado original la zona litoral" Ventanilla nndc | ECONOMIA". Gestión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  8. ^ GESTIÓN, NOTICIAS (2022-01-19). "Derrame de petróleo en Ventanilla: Premier Mirtha Vásquez revela que Repsol no tenía al parecer un plan de contingencia tras incidente en la refinería La Pampilla nndc | PERU". Gestión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  9. ^ GrupoRPP (2022-01-18). "Osinergmin ordena la paralización de actividades en terminal N°2 de la refinería La Pampilla". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  10. ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2022-01-18). "La Pampilla enfrenta multa de hasta S/ 138 millones por derrame de petróleo, advierte Minam nndc | ECONOMIA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

11°55′08″S 77°07′52″W / 11.919°S 77.131°W / -11.919; -77.131