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Oct-16-2020
General Comptroller confirms progress of New Talara Refinery
Construction of a modern refinery complex in PETROPERU is more than 91% complete. Works are carried out under strict COVID-19 biosecurity protocols
The Comptroller General, Nelson Shack Yalta, confirmed the progress of the construction of the New Talara Refinery, during his visit to the oil city, as part of the supervision and dispatch work carried out in the Piura region.
Following all the biosecurity protocols implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the delegation of the Comptroller General of the Republic entered the PETROPERU facilities, where the Talara Refinery Project Manager, Jorge Alméstar Mauricio, reported that the energy project most important in the country has a comprehensive advance of 91.11%
During the presentation, he reported that, after exceeding the three-month temporary suspension of activities due to the health emergency, on June 15, the construction work was gradually and progressively restarted, in this last stage of the project, which They will culminate at the end of November 2021 with the start-up of the New Talara Refinery.
Work was restarted in critical areas with the incorporation of up to a maximum of 40% of the total number of workers that were available before the start of the State of National Emergency, strictly complying with the protocols approved and established in the surveillance plans, prevention and control of COVID-19 for this project. To date, there are more than 7,000 workers on site, under constant medical surveillance and following strict biosafety protocols.
At the end of the exhibition, Shack Yalta and officials from the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic took a guided tour of the work areas of the Talara Refinery Modernization Project (PMRT), verifying the progress of the 16 modern processing units and auxiliary services that will form part of this refinery complex that is built with advanced technology to produce clean fuels for the country.
Throughout the execution of the PMRT, the General Comptroller's Office has maintained concurrent control, which has allowed the application of preventive and corrective actions that guarantee its continuity.
