Banias Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Banias Refinery Company
• Website: http://www.brc-sy.net/english/index.html
• Location: North of coastal Banias- Tartous, Syria
• Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 125,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• CDU
• VDU
• Catalytic Cracker
• Hydrotreater

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Syrian heavy and Syrian light

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Diesel, VGO, Fuel Oil

Ongoing Projects

• Managment priority is improving operational efficiency
• There is a stalled project designed to increase refining depth

Other Information

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History

• 1980 - Refinery Commissioned
• 1994 - A catalytic cracking unit and 25,000 b/d hydrotreater came on stream
• 2007 - Vacuum Unit revamped

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1. Revamping of Vacuum Distillation unit at BANIAS Refinery
2. The Syrian Refining Sector
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