Gdansk Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Grupa Lotos
• Website: http://www.lotos.pl/en/
• Location: Gdansk, Poland
• Capacity: 10.5 million tons/annum & 210,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity: 10.0

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation Unit
• HDS (ABB Lummus)
• Solvent Deasphalting Unit
• Hydrocracker
• Asphalt Unit - 150,000 t/y

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The key feedstock of Grupa LOTOS S.A.’s refinery in Gdańsk is the Russian Ural crude oil and the Rozewie crude oil produced on the Baltic Sea (by LOTOS Petrobaltic). However, in its history the plant has processed various types of oil, including oil sourced from the North Sea (e.g. Brent Blend, Troll, Gullfaks, Forties or Aasgard), the Middle East (e.g. Kirkuk, Kuwait, Sahara and Zakum), as well as some exotic types of oil, such as Castilla crude from Columbia
• The company has a strategy of processing more of its own crude as production increases

Products Produced

• Gasoline, diesel (ultra low-sulfur diesel [ULSD]), light heating oil, jet fuel, bunker oils, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), heavy fuel oil (HFO), bitumens, and base oils.

Ongoing Projects

• The Gdansk Refinery Coker Project EFRA was launched in 2013
• The project includes the addition of a Delayed Coker and related units
• It was completed in 2019
• A previous project to increase capacity and add a Hydrocracker was completed in 2011
• See Gdansk Refinery Project for details

Other Information

• Solomon Index:
  • The refinery of Grupa LOTOS S.A. ranked second out of 106 benchmarked refineries in terms of utilizing the production installations.
  • The refinery of Grupa LOTOS S.A. ranked 6th out of 106 European refineries in terms of its power efficiency
• PKN Orlen is currently in the process of acquiring the company

History

• 1976 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 70,000 bpd capacity
• 1995 - Refinery expanded
• 1999 - 27,300 bpd hydrocracker commissioned
• 2007 - All major contracts for system the expansion were signed
• 2011 - The Gdansk Refinery Project was completed
• 2012 - The Gdansk Refinery started to use natural gas as a fuel
• 2013 - Delayed coker project launched
• 2019 - Delayed coker commissioned
• 2022 - PKN acquired 70% and Saudi Aramco 30% of the refinery

Links

1. Kinetics Technology Refinery References
2. Technip Refining References
3. Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units
4. Saipem Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation
5. Saipem Grass Roots Refineries
6. Saipem Asphalt Bitumen Blowing Unit
7. Saipem Hydrocracking Units
8. Saipem Lube Oil Units
9. Saipem Naphtha Treating Units
10. Saipem Sulphur Block Units
11. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units]
12. 2008 Annual Report
13. ABB awarded EPC contract for HDS project in Poland
14. Grupa LOTOS S.A. seated in Gdańsk
15. Acting together to enhance Pomerania’s energy security
16. Grupa LOTOS S.A. Selects Axens’ Technology for its Coker Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit