Bataan Refinery

The Bataan Refinery is an oil refinery in Limay, Bataan, Philippines. It is owned and operated by Petron Corporation and is the largest oil refinery in the Philippines with the capacity to process 180,000 barrels per day (29,000 m³/d). It began operation in 1961.^[2]

Bataan Refinery

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Country	Philippines
Province	Bataan
City	Limay
Coordinates	14°31′48″N 120°36′00″E
Refinery details
Operator	Petron Corporation
Owner(s)	Petron Corporation
Commissioned	1961 (1961)
Capacity	180,000 bbl/d (29,000 m3/d)
No. of employees	1,196[1] (2014)

History

The Bataan Refinery was originally owned by Stanvac. Construction of the refinery began in 1957^{[citation needed]} and was inaugurated on April 8, 1961 by then Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia.^[3] It was later acquired by Esso Philippines, Inc. which later became Petron Corporation.

The site is powered by a 140-MV solid fuel-fired power plant of Petron which was briefly owned by SMC Powergen from 2013 to 2016.. SMC Powergen expanded the power plant's capacity from 70-MV in 2014.^[4]

Fuel marking at the refinery was adopted in January 2020 to support the government's effort against fuel smuggling.^[5]

Due to low demand of oil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the oil refinery temporarily ceased operations in May 2020^[6] The refinery resumed operations in September 2020.^[7] The refinery temporary cease operations again from February to May 2021 and resumed commercial operations in June 2021. Petron announced that it would be building a new 184MW power plant to replace the older facilities of the refinery.^[8]

References

1. "2014 Human Resource Statistics" (PDF). Annual Report. Petron Corporation: 36. 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
2. "Petron Bataan Refinery (PBR) Expansion". Hydrocarbons Technology. Verdict Media Limited. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
3. "President's Week in Review: April 2 – April 8, 1961". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 10, 1961. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
4. "Petron may sell back Limay plant to SMC Global Power unit". BusinessWorld. September 11, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
5. Brelsford, Robert (January 5, 2020). "Petron's Bataan refinery begins fuel marking". Oil & Gas Journal. Endeavor Business Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
6. "Philippines' Petron suspends 180,000-bpd Bataan refinery as pandemic bites". Reuters. May 26, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
7. "Petron reopens Bataan refinery". Manila Standard.
8. Lectura, Lenie (July 6, 2021). "Petron building power plant for Bataan refinery". BusinessMirror. Retrieved February 18, 2022.