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Peru Wants Private Manager to Run Troubled $6 Billion Refinery

The Petroleos del Peru SA Talara refinery. — The Petroleos del Peru SA Talara refinery.Photographer: Sebastian Castaneda/Bloomberg

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By Marcelo Rochabrun

January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC

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Peru is looking for private managers or investors to improve the operations of a new state-owned oil refinery that is currently only accumulating losses.