Construction of New Talara Refinery reports progress beyond 67%

The construction of the new Talara Refinery registers a progress of 67.33% as of February 9, 2018. The works that are being executed will allow to have 16 modern units in which heavy crude will be processed, in order to produce more, cleaner, fuels, which guarantee the preservation of the country's air.

These modern process units will reduce the sulfur levels in fuels such as diesel, gasoline and LPG, to a maximum content of 50 parts per million of sulfur. Likewise, they will contribute to the new Talara Refinery having an installed capacity to process 95 thousand barrels per day in order to supply the national market.

In the work performed so far, 1,214 out of a total of 1,261 of the highest technology equipment have been installed, manufactured in Europe, Asia and North America. Likewise, the construction of 21 new tanks and the modification of another 13 that will guarantee the supply of this industrial complex is being completed.

As part of this energy megaproject that is being executed in Talara, the Cobra Consortium - SCL UA & TC, signed with PETROPERU the award contract for the service of Detail Engineering, Supply and Construction (EPC) of five auxiliary units and complementary works of the new refinery, which started on February 8.

Waste disposal

PETROPERÚ has been doing the final disposal of clean solid waste in the dump located near the road to Negritos, which has been authorized by the Public Services Management of the Provincial Municipality of Talara.

As part of the procedure, the material that is removed from the work areas of the PMRT is evaluated through tests that are taken in the field and analyzed in the laboratory to determine the concentration of hydrocarbons, as established in Supreme Decree 011-2017- MINAM, which approves the Environmental Quality Standards (ECA). Meanwhile, the material with hydrocarbon concentration is transferred to the Milla 6 secure fill, authorized by the General Directorate of Environmental Health (Digesa).

In this way, PETROPERU reaffirms its commitment to the environment, rigorously fulfilling its environmental obligations, which are permanently supervised by the oversight entities.

Local labor

Since the beginning of works, the hiring of unskilled labor of local origin has exceeded the one established in the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) of the Talara Refinery Modernization Project (PMRT), which sets a minimum of 70%. To date, 6,768 people work in this megaproject, in which 84% of unskilled labor and 31% of skilled labor are of local origin.

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