Vadinar Refinery Project

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Essar Oil
• Website: http://www.essar.com/
• Wiki Page: Essar Vadinar Refinery
• Location:
• Capacity:
  • Before: 15.0 million tons/annum & 300,000 bbl/day
  • After: 17.25 million tons/annum & 375,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: Will increase from 6.1 to 11.8
• Project Stage: Completed
• Expected Completion: 2012
• Budget: $1.81 billion

The Project

• Project Type: Expansion and Upgrade
• Project Summary:
  • Addition of an Isomerisation unit, Delayed Coker Unit, Diesel Hydrotreater and VGO Hydrotreater
  • The project includes a revamp of the CDU (Crude Distillation Unit), the FCCU (Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit) and the SRU (Sulphur Recovery Unit)
  • Completion of the Phase 1 refinery expansion will increase production to 375,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) from 300,000 bpsd and, more importantly, increase complexity from 6.1 to 11.8. The increased complexity means that the refinery can increase the proportion of heavy and ultra-heavy crudes that it processes, and produce a higher proportion of middle and light distillates.
• Main Contractors
  • Toyo India - Engineering and procurement services for the Izomerisation Unit
• Licences:
  • UOP: Isomerisation Unit, Diesel Hydrotreater

Refining Units

• Isomerisation Unit
• Delayed Coker Unit
• Diesel Hydrotreater
• VGO Hydrotreater
• Hydrogen Manufacturing Unit
• SRU (Sulphur Recovery Unit)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The increased complexity means that the refinery can increase the proportion of heavy and ultra-heavy crudes that it processes
• Domestic Mangala Crude Oil 15%-20% of basket

Products Produced

• Elimination of negative crack FO, conversion into value added light and middle distillates

History

• 2011 - Commissioning of a new Isomerization (ISOM) Unit
• 2012 - Commissioning of the new Amine Regeneration Unit (ARU)
• 2012 - Completion of the last unit

Other Information

• A further expansion project is on hold

Relevant Links

• Essar Oil defers expansion of Vadinar refinery
• India Oil Refining
• Isom unit project, Essar Oil Limited at Vadinar
• Results, Jun 2011
• Management Presentation March 2011
• Essar Oil announces commissioning of Isomerization Unit, the first expansion unit which is ready for commercial production at the Vadinar Refinery
• Essar Energy commissions Amine Regeneration Unit (ARU) at Vadinar Refinery
• Essar Energy commissions diesel hydrotreater unit at Vadinar refinery
• Essar Energy completes Vadinar refinery expansion

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