Colombia opens Latin America's most modern refinery

Colombian state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol inaugurated a newly expanded refinery in this Caribbean city capable of processing 165.000 barrels of crude per day and equipped with the most modern technology in Latin America.

The upgraded Cartagena Refinery, or Reficar, which will be fully operational by March 2016 at the latest, was revamped and expanded at a cost of slightly more than $8 billion.





Source: Efe