Sapref Durban Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Sapref (Shell / BP)
• Website: http://www.sapref.com/
• Location: Durban, South Africa
• Capacity: 8.5 million tons/annum & 170,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• Visbreaker
• Diesel Desulphurisation
• Catalytic Reformer

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied from the Middle East, Africa and Europe
• Oil is discharged by tankers at the single buoy mooring (SBM), about 2.5 kilometres off the coast near Prospecton and enters the refinery through an underground pipeline.

Products Produced

• Diesel, paraffin, aviation fuel, liquid petroleum gas, base oil, solvents and marine fuel oil.

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1960 - Construction of refinery began
• 1963 - Refinery is commissioned

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