Paula Álvarez García

Paula Álvarez García

Energy Management Engineer, La Rábida Refinery, CEPSA

Paula has been working at Cepsa for the last 4 years, where she is part of the Energy Management department at La Rábida Refinery.

The Energy Management department is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the performance of the production units, recommending changes in the operation and proposing new projects to minimize the energy consumption. This tasks allow CEPSA to achieve a cost reduction and profit improvement in the refinery. The ultimate goal is to achieve a lower Energy Intensity Index (Solomon’s EII) to maintain competitiveness within the business.

Paula holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering from Universidad de León (Spain) and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from the Heriot Watt University (Scotland).