OKTA Skopje Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Hellenic Petroleum Website: http://www.hellenic-petroleum.gr/ Location: Skopje, Macedonia Capacity: 2.5 million tons/annum & 50,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A small simple refinery, capable of producing Euro V fuels Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Catalytic Reforming Light Naphtha Isomerisation HDS of Kerosene Gasoil HDS Sulphur recovery unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Total: 330.000 m3 Crude Supply The delivery of the Crude oil is performed in crude oil tanks in Thessalonica. The tanks in Thessalonica are connected with crude oil tanks in OKTA through the crude oil pipeline Thessalonica -Skopje. The latter has been operating since 2002. Its length is 213 km and its annual capacity amounts to 2.500.000 tones of crude oil. Products Produced liquid petroleum gas, leaded and unleaded gasoline, aircraft fuels, diesel fuel, heating oil and heavy fuel oil Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1982 - Refinery operations begin 1999 - Hellenic Petrol acquired the refinery 2002 - Inauguration of the crude oil pipeline Thessaloniki-Skopje 2004 - Gasoil HDS Unit started operation 2008 - Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU) started operation Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Towards fuel compliance