Neftochim Burgas Refinery Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Lukoil
• Website: http://www.lukoil.bg/e/index.htm
• Wiki Page: Neftochim Burgas Refinery
• Location: Burgas Bulgaria
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under construction
• Expected Completion: 2015
• Budget: 1.5 billion USD

The Project

Project Type: Upgrade

• Project Summary: A heavy-residue hydrocracking complex & a VGO Hydrocracker

Main Contractors:

• Technip:
  • Front-end engineering design (FEED)
  • Lump sum services contract, worth approximately €70 million, for the phase 1 of a heavy residue hydrocracking complex

Licences:

Maire Tecnimont: Sulphur Recovery Unit

• Technip: Hydrogen Unit
• Axens: Residue and VGO hydrocracking units

Refining Units

• Ebullated-bed vacuum Residue hydrocracker - Axens H-Oil process - 47,000 bpd
• Hydrocracker - 37,000 bpd
• Amine Unit
• Sour water stripper
• Hydrogen production unit
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• There will be no change in crude supply

Products Produced

• The project will allow to increase the output of Euro-5 diesel fuel by 1.2 million tons per year
• It will also eliminate the production of high-sulfur fuel oil

History

• 2008 - LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas Selects Axens’ Hydrocrackers for Upgrader
• 2009 - Technip awarded FEED contract
• 2011 - Technip was awarded a lump sum services contract, worth approximately €70 million, for phase 1 of the project
• 2012 - A turnkey project-implementation contract was signed with Technip for the heavy-residue hydrocracking complex
• 2012 - Maire Tecnimont awarded SRU contract
• 2014 - SACE awards €420 million loan facility
• 2015 - The new units were commissioned

Other Information

• The project is backed by a €420 million loan facility from SACE

Links

1. LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas Selects Axens’ Hydrocrackers for Upgrader
2. Technip awarded a services contract for refinery units in Bulgaria
3. Technip awarded a refining contract in Bulgaria
4. Lukoil To Build A Tar Hydrocracker At Burgas Refinery
5. LUKOIL invested 1, 5 billion USD in LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas
6. New Awards For Maire Tecnimont In Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria
7. LUKOIL: €420 million for the modernisation of a Bulgarian refinery