Sapugaskanda Refinery

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Refineries in Sri Lanka

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
• Website: http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk/
• Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Capacity: 2.5 million tons/annum & 50,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small hydroskimming refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Visbreaker
• Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation Unit
• Kerosene Merox Unit
• Platformer unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes Iranian Light Crude Oil

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosine, Fuel Oil, Asphalt

Ongoing Projects

• For details see Sapugaskanda Refinery Project
• New conversion processes will be added to upgrade residual oil which has low market value
• The refinery will be able to produce current environmental specification compliant fuels

Other Information

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History

• 1969 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 38,000 bpd of capacity
• 1979 - Refinery expanded to 50,000 bpd

Relevant Links

1. Saipem Grass Roots Refineries
2. Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units
3. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units
4. Saipem Asphalt Bitumen Blowing Unit
5. Saipem Visbreaking Units
6. Saipem Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation
7. Refinery Processes

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