Bosanski Brod Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: (Oil Refinery Brod) Zarubezneft
• Website: http://www.rafinerija.com/ (http://www.nestro.ru/www/nestroweb.nsf/main_eng)
• Location: Bosanski Brod, Republiska Srpska
• Capacity: 1.5 million tons/annum & 30,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• CDU
• Vacuum Distillation - 11,980 bpd
• Catalytic Reformer
• Hydrocracker - 7,200 bpd
• LPG Treatment
• Hydrodesulphurization
  • Naphtha - 5,850 bpd

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude oil can be supplied from the Mediterranean Sea by the Janaf Crude Oil Pipeline.

Products Produced

• Motor fuels
• Diesel fuels
• Bitumens
• Liquid Petroluem gas
• Gas oil
• Fuel oil
• Sulphur

Ongoing Projects

• The company plans toinvest 1Billion Euro to upgrade the refinery and expand it to 42,000 bbl/day
• See Bosanski Brod Refinery Expansion Project

Other Information

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History

• “Oil Refinery” j.s.c. with f.l. Brod was founded in 1892 by Hungarian company for chemical industry called Danica. The capacity of the refinery was 25000 tones per year.
• In 1927 having completed negotiations with Standard Oil Company, the state sold the Oil refinery. The new owner built up new distillery with the capacity of 300 tones per day.
• 1968 - Snam Progetti completed an expansion to take capacity to 2 million ton per year.
• 1969 - Hydrocracker commissioned
• In 1990 the new processing line was built with the processing capacity of 3 mil tones per year. It comprised 10 production processes.
• Having been sold to the Russian company Zarubezneft the reconstruction was finished and the old processing line was set into operation with the capacity of 1.2 mil tones per year.
• In 2009 reconstruction of facilities on the new processing line started.

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Website
2. Russia Kindles Flame Of Hope In Bosnia Refinery - Reuters
3. Srpski Brod Oil Refinery - Hydrocarbons Technology
4. Zarubezneft to boost Bosnian Refinery Capacity
5. WIG References
6. Saipem Grass Roots Refineries
7. Saipem Hydrocracking Units
8. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units

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