Shazand Arak Refinery

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Refineries in Iran

• Shazand Arak Refinery
• Bandar Abbas Refinery
• Tabriz Refinery
• Isfahan Refinery Project
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Summary Information

• Ownership: Arak Oil Refining Company (NIORDC)
• Website: http://www.saorc-ir.com/
• Location: Central Iranian city of Arak
• Capacity: 8.5 million tons/annum & 170,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Visbreaker,
• LPG Recovery,
• Continuous Catalytic
• Naphta Unifiner,
• N2 Manufacturing,
• H2 Manufacturing,
• Hydrocracker,
• Sour Water Stripping,
• Amine Treating,
• Sulfur Recovery
• hydrogen treated naphtha (unit 12)
• izomerization unit (unit 33)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• 100% Ahwaz Crude Oil

Products Produced

• Sulphur
• LPG
• Light Naphtha
• Heavy Naphtha
• Gasoline
• Kerosene
• Gas Oil
• Asfalt
• Fuel Oil
• Lube Oil

Ongoing Projects

• For more details see Shazand Arak Refinery Project
• The refinery has an expansion and upgrading project planned

Other Information

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History

• 1993 - Refinery Commissioned
• 2011 - Phase 1 of the upgrade and expansion project finished

Relevant Links

1. Studi Tecnologie Progetti Refining References
2. EIED Oil And Gas Projects
3. NIORDC Refinery Webpage
4. New Refining Projects to Be Inaugurated Today

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