Sapref Durban Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Sapref (Shell / BP)
  • Website: http://www.sapref.com/
  • Location: Durban, South Africa
  • Capacity: 8.5 million tons/annum & 170,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation
  • Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
  • Visbreaker
  • Diesel Desulphurisation
  • Catalytic Reformer

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Crude is supplied from the Middle East, Africa and Europe
  • Oil is discharged by tankers at the single buoy mooring (SBM), about 2.5 kilometres off the coast near Prospecton and enters the refinery through an underground pipeline.

Products Produced

  • Diesel, paraffin, aviation fuel, liquid petroleum gas, base oil, solvents and marine fuel oil.

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1960 - Construction of refinery began
  • 1963 - Refinery is commissioned
  • 2021 - KBR awarded FCC revamp project

Links

  1. [http://investor.fluor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=124955&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=500020&highlight=Fluor Selected for Clean Fuels Project in South Africa}
  2. KBR Awarded FCC Regenerator Contract by SAPREF