Argentina's Raizen Restarts Buenos Aires Refinery, an Industrial Info Market Brief

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Raizen is restarting its 93,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Buenos Aires Refinery in Dock Sud, following an uptick in demand.

Raizen had shut down the refinery on April 17 as a result of falling demand due to COVID-19 restrictions. The lifting of some of those restrictions prompted Raizen to resume operations.

The 31,000-BBL/d Crude Distiller (CD-5) unit was restarted, and Raizen plans to proceed with the 62,000-BBL/d Crude Distiller (CD-3), followed by the 26,000-BBL/d FCCU and associated units within seven to 10 days. The entire refinery is expected to be up and running by early June. For more information, see Industrial Info's plant report.