S Oil Ulsan Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: S Oil (Saudi Aramco and Hanjin Group)
• Website: http://www.s-oil.com/
• Location: Ulsan, South Korea
• Capacity: 33,5 million tons/annum & 669,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The refinery is a very large and complex plant, with cracking capability and integrated petrochemicals

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
  • CDU#1; 90,000 B/D,
  • CDU#2; 240,000 B/D,
  • CDU#3; 250,000 B/D
• Hydrocracker 75,000 B/D
• R2R(FCC Complex) 73,000 B/D
• No.1 Hyvahl 52,000 bbl/d
• VGO HDS 40,000 bbl/d
• New Hyvahl 57,000 bbl/d
• Hydrodesulphurisation
  • No.1 HDS 27,000 bbl/d
  • No.2 HDS 43,000 bbl/d
  • No.3 HDS 50,000 bbl/d
• Alkylation plant - 9,200 bbl/d

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied by Saudi Aramco
• In 2012 S-OIL signed an exclusive 20-year long-term crude supply contract with Saudi Aramco

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Premium Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene

Ongoing Projects

• An expansion project was completed in 2011
• See S Oil Ulsan Refinery Expansion Project
• The company's plans to build a new refinery are currently on hold due to cost considerations.

Other Information

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History

• 1980 - commercial operation of the oil refinery with a capacity of 93,000 barrels/day
• 2001 - Toyo Engineering Corporation awarded a contract for a refinery modernization project
• 2009 - S-OIL completes clean gasoline-producing alkylation plant
• 2011 - S-OIL completes “Onsan Refinery Expansion Project including an 89,000 bpd condensate splitter and petrochemical plants
• 2012 - S-OIL signs 20-year long-term crude supply contract with Saudi Aramco

Relevant Links

• Refinery Webpage
• TEC was Awarded Contract for Refinery Modernization Project in South Korea
• S-OIL completes clean gasoline-producing alkylation plant