Alexandria Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Alexandria Petroleum Company
• Website: http://alex-petroleum.com
• Location: Alexandria, Egypt
• Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small and simple refinery, but with some capability to produce transportation fuels

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• vacuum distillation unit,
• catalytic middle distillate dewaxing unit
• LPG Recovery Unit
• Asphalt Unit
• continuous catalytic reformer
• isomerisation and hydrotreating units
• Naphtha Hydro Treating Unit
• sour water stripper
• Hydrogen Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• Propane, Liquefied Petroleum Gases , Light Naphtha, Heavy Naphtha, Kerosene, Jet Fuel, White Spirits, Gas Oil, Solvent

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1957 - Refinery came on stream
• 1963 - Capacity increased with commissioning of new distillation column
• 1968 - Capacity increased with commissioning of new distillation column
• 1979 - The solvent production complex started in operation
• 1982 - Capacity increased with commissioning of new distillation column
• 1982 - The lube oil complex started in operation
• 1997 - The spent oil re-refining unit started in operation
• 1997 - The bitumen blending, oxidation and solidification unit started in operation
• 2000 - continuous catalytic reformer and associated isomerisation and hydrotreating units commissioned
• 2012 - Naphtha Hydro Treating Unit commissioned

Relevant Links

1. EGPC Summary
2. EGYPT - The Oil Refining Sector
3. Enppi Refinery Project References
4. Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units
5. Chiyoda Lubricating Oil Refining Units
6. Chiyoda Lubricating Oil Refining Units
7. Chiyoda Vacuum Flasher Vacuum Distillation Units

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