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Paulínia refinery returns to production as before last year's explosion

Written by Renato Oliveira
Published 25/09/2019 às 01:00
Updated 24/09/2019 às 20:59

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SP refinery resumes high production
refinery resumes production levels

ANP recorded the refinery's best August since 2015 and after experiencing an explosion and fire last year

Replan, Paulínia's refinery in SP, has had production on an increasing curve since December and this August reached the highest production for the month since 2015, according to ANP data. Not even the maintenance shutdown interfered with Replan's production.
The refinery is Petrobras' largest and processed 1,7 million cubic meters of oil. The plant's production had already been rising, but with this result, it is back to producing at the same level as before last year's explosion.

Data from ANP show the best month of August since 2015, see below the refinery's production in this period since 2015:

August/2015: 1.877.263m³
August/2016: 1.591.808m³
August/2017: 1.546.602m³
August/2018: 1.094.526m³
August/2019: 1.712.118m³

The volume produced in July was also the highest compared to the same period last year and the most important of these numbers is that they signify the resumption of production at the refinery, after the serious fire that hit one of the processing lines on the night of the 20th. August 2018.

Five months after the explosion, the refinery returned to operating at 100% of its capacity, on January 25, 2019. Replan is responsible for 21% of all oil refining in Brazil and its derivative production has an extensive list, such as gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), fuel oil, asphalt and others.

The refinery's production serves the interior of São Paulo, the south of Minas, the Triângulo Mineiro and the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Acre, Goiás, Brasília (DF) and Tocantins.

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Renato Oliveira

Production Engineer with a postgraduate degree in Manufacturing and assembly of pipelines with 30 years of experience in inspection/manufacturing/assembly of pipelines/tests/Planning and PCP and commissioning in shipbuilding/offshore (conversion of FPSO's hulls and topsides modules) in the largest national shipyards and 2 years in a Japanese shipyard (Kawasaki) inspecting and accompanying fabrication and assembly techniques of structures/pipes/outfittings (advanced finishing) for hull from Drillships.

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