The Cartagena Refinery is an oil refinery in
Cartagena, Colombia
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. It is operated by Refineria de Cartagena S.A. (Reficar), a subsidiary of
Ecopetrol
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History
The refinery was built by Intercol in 1956 and purchased by Ecopetrol in 1976.
Technical features
The refinery has a capacity of .
[ By 2013, the capacity will be increased to .][ The refinery consists of crude units, visbreaking units, ]fluid catalytic cracker
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, light products plants, polymerization
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plants, amine plants, sulfur plants, and impurities treatment plants.[
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References
{{Portal, Colombia, Energy
Oil refineries in Colombia
Buildings and structures in Cartagena, Colombia
1956 establishments in Colombia