Its origin lies in the first crude oil refinery in Peru in 1917, with an initial capacity of 10,000 barrels per day, by the International Petroleum Company (IPC).

The refinery was created in 1917, when the International Petroleum Company (IPC), with a team of professionals from Talara,[1] put into service four distillation stills with a processing capacity of 10,000 barrels per day (MBD).

[2] When the so-called Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces was established, on July 24, 1969, the state company Petróleos del Perú (Petroperú) was created, taking control of the country's oil industry, after the capture of La Brea and Pariñas on October 9, 1968,[3] celebrating that date as National Dignity Day (abolished after 1980).

[citation needed] With the return of the democratic and civil government, the refinery installed a basic petrochemical complex made up of fertiliser plants (urea and ammonia), carbon black and solvents (acetone and isopropyl alcohol).

[citation needed] On May 29, 2014, Petroperú signed a contract for the execution of a primary part (Process Units) of the Megaproject of the New Talara Refining Complex with the Spanish firm Técnicas Reunidas for an amount equivalent to US$2,730 million.

At that time, it was planned to complement the project with the outsourcing of Auxiliary Units for the production of Hydrogen, Electric Power, Treated Sea Water, among other important facilities.