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

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

Main article: 2022 Callao oil spill

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

References

  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)

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