Puerto la Cruz is a medium sized, low complexity refinery in Venezuela
It is owned and operated by PDVSA
Complexity: 3.2
Atmospheric distillation - 187 kbpd
FCC - 14 kbpd
Alkylation - 4 kbpd
Reformer - 30 kbpd - Continuous
Naphtha hydrotreater - 35 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 25 kbpd
1950 - Puerto La Cruz refinery commissioned by Sinclair
1976 - Nationalization of all oil assets in Venezuela and creation of PDVSA