Pardubice Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Paramo, (Unipetrol)
• Website: http://www.paramo.cz/
• Location:
• Capacity: 0.75 million tons/annum & 15,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Brief Description

• A small simple refinery. Since July 2012, only the lubricant and asphalt units are operating

Refining Units

• CDU
• VDU
• Diesel Desulphurisation
• Lubricant Base oil complex
• * Bitumen Unit
• Sulphur complex

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery is supplied with raw materials from Unipetrol's other refineries

Products Produced

• Gasoline, Diesel, Lube Oils, Asphalt

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1889- First boilers were fitted and the laying of pipelines began in the spring. The basic focus of the enterprise was and still is the processing using atmospheric distillation.
• 1943- This was supplemented with a vacuum column
• 1947 - A filtrate distillation plant was added
• 1955 - A gasoline evaporator was added
• 1996 - A Diesel HDS unit & sulphur complex were added
• 2000 - The refinery became part of the Unipetrol Group.
• 2006 - Bitumen unit commissioned
• 2011 - Diesel HDS unit revamped
• 2012 - Unipetrol decided to cease processing of crude oil at the refinery, and only continue lubricant and asphalt production

Links

1. Poerner Bitumen References
2. Prokop Engineering Refinery References
3. 2007 Annual Report
4. Expected Stop Of Crude Oil Processing In Refinery Paramo