Year: 2005

Publication type: Executive Reports

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Small refineries in Latin America and Caribbean will face severechallenges to remain economically viable attending the newspecifications demands. They usually have a small complexity, and alack of hydrotreating capacity for sulfur removal from diesel oil andgasoline mainly, and a significant amount of investment will be neededin order to adapt them to a high fuels quality scenario in the future.This report analyzes the long-term viability of small refineries of theregion from a technical and financial point of view. (Document in spanish version)