Assiut Refinery

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• The refinery is also known as Asyut Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: ASORC
• Website: http://www.asorc.com/
• Location: Assiut, Egypt
• Capacity: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The refinery is a small and very simple one. It is being upgraded to enable it to produce high octane gasoline

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vapor recovery unit
• LPG and Naphtha caustic wash units.

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes domestic crude

Products Produced

• gasoline, kerosine, gasoil, fuel oil and LPG.

Ongoing Projects

• A project to add a hydrocracker is under consideration
• Project Description: Producing high quality Oil products (naphtha, butagas, Benz, terrbiane, and solar) to meet the increasing domestic needs and to export the surplus production.
• Project location: Asyut Governorate
• Total cost: 750 million $
• Implementation Period: 3:4years
• Current Status: under-going Feasibility
• Responsible Entity: Asyut Refining Oil Company / General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)

Other Information

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History

• 1987 - Refinery is commissioned with 50,000 bpd capacity
• 2001 - Capacity increased
• 2015 - Axens awarded contract to provide gasoline technologies

Relevant Links

1. Enppi Refinery Project References
2. Investment Opportunities in Egypt
3. EGYPT - The Oil Refining Sector
4. Axens to provide technologies for the production of high octane gasoline in Upper Egypt
5. Technip, EGPC And Asorc Agreement For The Assiut Refinery

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