Bizerte Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: The Tunisian Company for Refining Industries (STIR)
• Website: http://www.stir.com.tn/
• Location: Zarzouna, in the south of Bizerta, at 62 km from the capital Tunis, Tunisia
• Capacity: 1.75 million tons/annum & 35,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small and simple refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• catalytic reforming unit
• hydrodesulfuration and deethanisation units of liquefied petroleum gas

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 430 000 M3
• Refined Products: 530,000 M3

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes crude oils from the Belli, al-Manzah and other local fields

Products Produced

• gasoline, gasoil, fuel oil, LPG, NGL, naphtha and paraffin

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

• The refinery was built by Snamproggetti

History

• 1963 - Refinery begins operations
• 1998 - Crude Heater Revamp

Relevant Links

1. Saipem Grass Roots Refineries
2. Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units
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