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Summary Information

* Ownership: Petrojam
* Website: http://www.petrojam.com/
* Location: Kingston, Jamaica
* Capacity: 1.76 million tons/annum & 35,500 bbl/day
* Nelson Complexity:
* Refining Depth:

+++ Refining Units

* [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]], 35,500
* Vacuum Distillation 1,350
* Gas Oil Hydrofiner 7,200
* Kerosene Hydrofiner 6,000
* Naphta Hydrofiner 6,400
* De-ethaniser 6,700
* De-butaniser 6,600
* Virgin Naphtha Splitter 5,400
* Powerformer 3,540
* Powerformer Stabiliser 3,000
* C3/C4 Splitter 1,050

+++ Terminal Capacity

* Crude Oil:
* Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply
* Crude Oil for processing by Petrojam is purchased under the San Jose Accord from Venezuela and Mexico and the Caracas Agreement with Venezuela.
* In addition, some crude oil is purchased from third party suppliers

+++ Products Produced
* LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil, Asphalt

+++ Ongoing Projects
* For more information see [[[Kingston Petrojam Refinery Project]]]
* Upgrade of the refinery's crude capacity from 36 kbbls/day to 50 kbbls/day (39% increase).
* Installation of a new catalytic reforming unit with capacity of 7,500 bbls/day.
* Installation of a new desulphurisation facility to reduce the sulphur content in diesel oil from 5,000 ppm to approximately 15 ppm.
* Installation of a new vacuum tower (nominal capacity 30kbbls/day) to produce vacuum gas oil for export.
* Installation of a Delayed Coker Unit (15 kbbls/day) for the conversion of the vacuum residue into higher quality products such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.
* The Petcoke by-product, which costs much less than the price for fuels such as coal, will be sold locally as fuel for power generation.

+++ Other Information
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+++ History
* 1964 - Refinery commissioned by ESSO
* 1982 - the Government of Jamaica purchased the Esso Kingston Refinery
* 2006 - the Government of Jamaica sold 49% of its shares to PDVCaribe.

+++ Relevant Links
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