Gs Caltex Yeosu Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: GS-Caltex (50% Chevron/ 50%GS Holdings)
• Website: http://www.gscaltex.com/
• Location:
• Capacity: 40 million tons/annum & 790,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• 4 CDU ( Crude Distillation Unit ) 700,000 Bbl/d
• VDU (Vacuum Distillation Unit) 150,000 Bbl/d
• CNSU ( Crude Naphtha Splitting Unit ) 90,000 Bbl/d
• RFCC (Residue Fluidized Catalytic Cracking ) 94,000 Bbl/d
• WCN HTU (RFCC Gasoline Hydrotreater ) 35,000 Bbl/d
• 4 K/D HDS (Kero/Diesel HydroDeSulfurizer) 255,000 Bbl/d
• 4 Reformer 105,800 Bbl/d
• MTBE (Gasoline Oxygenator) 2,500 Bbl/d
• 4 SRU ( Sulfur Recovery Unit ) 630 TON/DAY
• Aromatics 2,800 kTA
• Polypropylene 180 kTA
• Alkylation Unit (Olefin Feed Base) 14,000 Bbl/d
• VGO-Hydrocracker 61,000 Bbl/d
• Lube Oil Plant 21,000 Bbl/d

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• 37 kinds of crude were treated in 2008 (49 kinds of crude treated in 2007).
• The average sulfur and API of imported crude are 1.35 and 36.0 respectively.
• 80% of crude comes from the Middle East

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil, Sulphur

Ongoing Projects

• See Yeosu Refinery Project
• Construction is progressing on a new heavy-oil hydrocracker designed to increase high-value product yield and to lower feedstock costs. Project completion is expected in the third quarter 2010.
• HOU (Heavy Oil Upgrade) plant, when completed, will enable the refinery to turn Atmospheric Residue from CDU (Crude Distillation Unit) or VR into higher value-added product such as gasoline, kerosene, and naphtha. In addition, the new HOU will maximize its efficiency by using cheap crude oil from high sulfur crude.

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History

• 2007 - GS Caltex completed a $1.5 billion project to build the world's largest vacuum distillation unit in Yeosu, a hydrocracker and base oil plant, which greatly increased GS Caltex's heavy-oil cracking ability. Chevron Lummus Global provided the integrated hydroprocessing unit.

Relevant Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Summary File PDF
3. Chevron In South Korea
4. GS E&C Awarded 750 billion won GS Caltex No.3 HOU
5. Chevron Lummus Global Selected by GS-Caltex to Upgrade Yosu Plant

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