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Refining in the Americas: not enough firm projects
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
oil and energy trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1744-7992
pISSN - 0950-1045
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7992.2008.330513.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , oil refinery , refinery , archaeology , port (circuit theory) , bay , refining (metallurgy) , geography , geology , engineering , environmental engineering , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , government (linguistics) , waste management , electrical engineering
Countries throughout the Western Hemisphere face shortages of refinery capacity, but too few schemes are making it past the drawing‐board. OET' s latest refining survey ( see Table E) shows a large number of projects but many remain tentative and lack firm locations and completion dates: not to mention planning approval and financial backing. E Western Hemisphere: Proposed new refineriesYear Company Refinery Capacity On‐stream(th bpd)Canada Beaver Hills Edmonton, Alta 37 N/AIrving Oil Saint John, NB 300 2015NLR Placentia Bay, Nfld 300 2010Valero Quebec50* 2008 USA ACFY Yuma, Az 150 2011Calumet NE Utah 20 N/AChevron Pascagoula, Ms 270* N/AHyperion S Dakota 400 N/AKPC Louisiana 600 N/ALazarus Church Point, La 20 2009Lazarus Mermantau, La 20 2009Lazarus Longview, Tx 30 2009Motiva Port Arthur, Tx 325* 2010Sinclair Tulsa, Ok45* 2010 Argentina N/A N/A 150 N/A Brazil Petrobras NE Brazil 200 2010Petrobras N/A 500 2014 Colombia Ecopetrol/Glencore Cartagena65* 2011 Ecuador Petroecuador/PDVSA Manabi 300 N/A Mexico Pemex N/A 230 N/A Nicaragua PDVSA N/A 150 N/A Peru Petroperu Talara45* N/A Venezuela PDVSA Caripito 200 2009PDVSA San Diego 400 2009PDVSA/Lukoil Orinoco 60 N/A 1Q Average 9.7* Expansion of existing plant. Figures refer to new capacity
N/A: not available
All dates and capacities approximate and subject to change
Source: 'The Month in Brief' (various); oil press