Future Maintenance Shutdowns at La Pampilla Refinery

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--July 25, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--La Pampilla refinery, located in Lima, Peru, owned by Repsol YPF, S.A. (NYSE:REP) (Madrid, Spain), has performed the last maintenance turnaround planned for 2008. No other processing units will be shut down this year. The 38-day catalyst regeneration of the 2,400-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) platforming unit began May 28. Catalyst regeneration is generally performed every 15 months, and the next turnaround of the platforming unit is scheduled for August 2009.