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 has recently been upgraded to enable it to produce high octane gasoline and a hydrocracker is to be added
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Naphtha Hydrotreater (NHT)
- Continuous catalytic Reformer (CCR)
- Isomerization unit
- Vapor recovery unit
- LPG and Naphtha caustic wash units.
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The refinery processes domestic crude from the Gulf of Suez oil fields
Products Produced
- gasoline, kerosine, gasoil, fuel oil and LPG.
Ongoing Projects
- A project to add a hydrocracker, the Assiut Refinery Hydrocracking Complex Project has been launched.
- A gasoline project was completed in 2018, consisting of a Naphtha Hydrotreater (NHT), Continuous catalytic Reformer (CCR) and a C5/C6 isomerization unit with deisohexanizer recycle unit.
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
- 2018 - Gasoline project completed
- 2018 - TechnipFMC awarded a contract for the basic design for the hydrocracker
Relevant Links
- EGPC Summary
- Enppi Refinery Project References
- Investment Opportunities in Egypt
- EGYPT - The Oil Refining Sector
- Axens to provide technologies for the production of high octane gasoline in Upper Egypt
- Technip, EGPC And Asorc Agreement For The Assiut Refinery
- TechnipFMC Signs a Major Contract with MIDOR for Their Refinery Expansion and Modernization in Egypt
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