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The Bahia Blanca refinery is a small, medium-complexity refinery on the west coast of Argentina which processes mostly crude from the Neuquen basin. It is colocated with a petrochemicals plant.
The refinery is 100% owned by Trafigura.
Complexity: 7.5
Atmospheric distillation: 31 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 12.6 kbpd
Visbreaking - 3.8 kbpd
FCC - 7.9 kbpd
Reformer (SR) - 6 kbpd
Naphtha hydrotreater - 9.5 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 8 kbpd
C5/C6 Isomerization - 3 kbpd
Asphalt plant - 1.7 kbpd
1997 - completed a major expansion
2016 - Acquired by Pampa Energy from Petrobras
2018 - Acquired by Trafigura from Pampa Energy
2024 - Trafigura plans to add a $100 million oil export terminal at the refinery