Refinaria Lubrificantes e Derivados do Nordeste is one of the domestic leaders in asphalt production, and the only refinery in Brazil to produce naphthenic lubricants, a product suitable for noble purposes, such as a thermal insulator for high-voltage transformers and shock absorbers for vehicles and pneumatic equipment.
 

Location:Refinaria Lubrificantes e Derivados do Nordeste - Lubnor
Av. Leite Barbosa, s/nº - Mucuripe
Fortaleza - Ceará
CEP: 60180420

Phone:(85) 3266-3211

Terminals it is connected to

The refinery uses two port structures: the Mucuripe Port, in Fortaleza, and the Pecém Terminal, in São Gonçalo do Amarante.
 

Brief background:

Inaugurated in 1966, it occupies a total area of 218,000 square meters. It produces 235,000 tonnes/year of asphalt and 73,000 cubic meters per year of naphthenic lubricants. The refinery accounts for about 13% of Brazil's asphalt production. Besides producing, it also distributes asphalt to nine states in Northern and Northeastern Brazil.
 

All the oil Lubnor uses is ultra heavy: 85% coming from Espírito Santo, while the remaining 15% from Ceará. Of the throughput, 62% is intended to produce asphalt, supplying all the Northeastern states, and about 16% is used to make naphthenic lubricants.
 

Technical Features

• Total area: 0.4 Km²
• Lubricant Unit - ULUB
• Natural Gas Processing Unit - UPGN
• Vacuum Unit - UVAC

Installed capacity

Installed capacity is 8,000 bbl/d.
 

Main products

• Asphalts
• Lubricating Oils

Markets it serves

Lubricant Oil - sold to distributors and marketed nationwide.
Asphalts - Ceará, Pernambuco and part of Pará.