La Teja Refinery
The La Teja Refinery is the only oil refinery in Uruguay, and is located in the La Teja neighborhood in Montevideo. Owned by the national industry ANCAP, the refinery primarily produces light-grade oil products used for domestic industries. The refinery is connected to an oil terminal in the Port of Montevideo.
La Teja Refinery (right) with La Teja neighborhood inland and the main city of Montevideo on the right. | |
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| Owner(s) | ANCAP |
The refinery was first operated in 1937, and currently has a total capacity of approximately 50,000 barrels a day. As of 2006, most of the approximately 5,680 m3/d (35,700 bbl/d) imported for the refinery were from Venezuela.
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