Petróleos Paraguayos
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Petróleos Paraguayos or (Petrópar) [Paraguayan Petroleums] is the Paraguayan
national oil company
that owns the only refinery
in the country Villa Elisa Refinery
located in Villa Elisa
with a capacity of 7500 barrels (1,192,404.7 l), a LNG plant, a biodiesel
plant and several storage facilities with a storage capacity of around 400000 cubic metres (14,125,866.5 cu ft).
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
national oil company
National Oil Company
A national oil company is an oil company fully or in the majority owned by a national government. According to the United States Energy Information Administration, NOCs accounted for 52% global oil production and controlled 88% of proven oil reserves in 2007.Due to their increasing dominance over...
that owns the only refinery
Refinery
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.-Types of refineries:Different types of refineries are as follows:...
in the country Villa Elisa Refinery
Villa Elisa Refinery
Villa Elisa Refinery is an oil refinery located in Villa Elisa, from Asunción close to the Paraguay River and is owned by the Paraguay national oil company Petróleos Paraguayos...
located in Villa Elisa
Villa Elisa, Paraguay
Villa Elisa is a city in the Central Department of Paraguay on the outskirts of Asuncion. It was the only colony that was inhabited by Swedish people in Paraguay and today is one of the most important and active cities that are part of the Metropolitan Area of the capital...
with a capacity of 7500 barrels (1,192,404.7 l), a LNG plant, a biodiesel
Biodiesel
Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids with an alcohol....
plant and several storage facilities with a storage capacity of around 400000 cubic metres (14,125,866.5 cu ft).