Also known as:
The REDUC refinery is a large, high conversion refinery located in the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Petrobras.
The refinery is a major supplier of fuel to the Rio metro area and the largest producer of lubricants to the Brazil market.
Complexity: 5.8
Atmospheric distillation: 239 kbpd
Vacuum distillation - 112 kbpd
Coking - 31.5 kbpd
FCC - 47.2 kbpd
Reformer (SR) - 11.9 kbpd
Naphtha hydrotreater - 12.6 kbpd
Distillate hydrotreater - 62.9 kbpd
VGO hydrotreater - 11.7 kbpd
FCC naphtha hydrotreater - 31.5 kbpd
Oxygenates plant - 1.6 kbpd
Base oil plant - 2.6 kpd
Asphalt plant - 6 kbpd
Land - 13 square km
1961 - Built by Petrobras
2007 - Delayed coker added
2023 - Petrobras is planning a revamp of the refinery that will add 28 kbpd of capacity