Shazand Arak Refinery

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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

• NIORDC Refinery Webpage
• New Refining Projects to Be Inaugurated Today

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