Petrobrazi Refinery Upgrade Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Petrom (OMV)
- Website: http://www.petrom.com/
- Wiki Page: Petrobrazi Ploiesti Refinery
- Location: Petrobrazi Refinery is located in the South-East region of Romania, near Ploiesti City, a highly developed industrial area
- Capacity:
- Current: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day
- Future : 6.0 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage:
- Expected Completion: 2014
- Budget: € 750 mn
The Project
- Project Type: Upgrade & Expansion
- Project Summary: the program is focused on increasing the capability to obtain higher products from domestic crude oil, but also, on the other hand, on increasing the capacity of secondary conversion.
- Increasing the Vacuum & Atmospheric Distillation unit capacity from 4.5 mn tons/year to 6 mn tons/year
- Expansion of the Coker unit
- Construction of Romania’s first-ever Hydrocracker unit, along with a New Steam Reforming Unit
- Main Contractors:
- Foster Wheeler will provide front-end engineering design (FEED) modification services and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) for the revamp of an atmospheric/vacuum distillation unit at the refinery. In addition, the company has been awarded an EPCm contract for a new amine unit and the FEED for the revamp of a delayed coking unit.
- Licences: OMV/Petrom has licensed Topsøe’s hydrocracking technology for a 34,000 BPSD grassroots hydrocracking unit
Refining Units
- Atmospheric/vacuum distillation unit - Revamp
- Hydrocracker - 34,000 - Haldor Topsoe
- Delayed coking unit - Revamp
- Amine unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Mainly Russian Crude
Products Produced
- The refinery will produce less heavy products and increase production of Euro V ULSD and Jet Fuel
History
- 2010 - Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED contract
- 2012 - Vacuum Distillation unit revamp completed
Other Information
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Relevant Links
- Petrobrazi Refinery, Petrom
- Topsoe to license hydrocracking technology
- Foster Wheeler Awarded Refinery Modernization Contracts by PETROM in Romania
- Petrom finalized the upgrade of the crude vacuum distillation unit in Petrobrazi refinery
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