It is located on Néstor Gambetta Avenue in Ventanilla, Callao, and has a capacity to refine 117,000 barrels of oil per day,[1] which represents half of the country's refining production.
The construction of the refinery was put out to tender in 1964 and inaugurated in 1967,[2] built by Petroperú.
[4] It is expected that with the modernization the sulfur content will be reduced to 50 (ppm) by 2016 as well as the improvement of other fuels by 2018.
It is considered the largest ecological disaster to occur on the Peruvian coast.
[citation needed] The actions of the refinery and its owner, Repsol, have been harshly criticised for the cleaning and decontamination work carried out after the spill,[6][7] reflecting the lack of a contingency plan for possible disasters.