Sarroch Refinery

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Saras SPA
  • Website: http://www.saras.it/
  • Location: The Southwestern coast of Sardinia
  • Capacity: 15 million tons/annum & 300,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity: 11.7
  • Refining Depth: 80%+

Brief Description

  • A very large high conversion capacity refinery, with a high export sales percentage. The refinery employs a gasification unit to generate electricity from residual product

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation, 300,000
  • Vacuum Distillation, 105,000
  • Visbreaking, 41,000
  • Distillate Cracking (FCC), 86,000
  • Cat Reforming (CCR), 29,000
  • Distilliate Hydrocracking, 115,000
  • Hydrotreating, 107,000
  • Alkylation, 8,000
  • Oxygenates (TAME), 7,000
  • Hydrogen/PSA (MMcfd), 62,000

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Saras is able to refine different types of crude oil, including cheaper qualities (such as heavy sour) and unconventional crude oils with specific characteristics (paraffinic, acidic, etc.), obtaining quality oil products (such as low-environmental-impact gasoline and diesel), with superior refining margins.
  • Crude comes from Libya, Russia, the North Sea and The Middle East and the refinery has process crude oil from 30 countries in total

Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Sulphur & Fuel Oil
  • The majority of heavy refining residues is sent to the IGCC plant

Projects

Other Information

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History

  • 1965 - The Sarroch refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with a capacity of 135,000 bpd
  • 1968 - A new topping plant and fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) plant are added
  • 1970 - The Alkylation unit and a sewage treatment plant begin operation
  • 1983 - A visbreaking unit (45,000 bl/day) and a vacuum plant (60,000 bl/day)are built
  • 1984 - A new reforming (CCR) plant enters operation (30,000 bl/day)
  • 1992 - A new mild hydrocracking plant (MHC) enters operation (70,000 bl/day)
  • 2007 - Upgrading of some refinery key units successfully completed
  • 2012 - Rosneft and Saras Sign Agreement on Establishing a JV
  • 2013 - Rosneft acquires a minority stake
  • 2013 - Hydrocracker revamp project completed
  • 2015 - Rosneft disposes of 9% to the market
  • 2015 - Saras acquires the adjacent petrochemicals site
  • 2017 - Rosneft disposes of their remaining shares to the market
  • 2024 - Vitol agreed to acquire 35% of the company

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Saipem Grass Roots Refineries
  3. Saipem Alkylation Units
  4. Saipem Hydrocracking Units
  5. Saipem Visbreaking Units
  6. Saipem Sulphur Block Units
  7. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units
  8. Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by Saras for Refinery Revamp in Italy
  9. Rosneft and Saras Sign Agreement on Cooperation for the Purpose of Establishing a JV
  10. Rosneft completes acquisition of minority stake in Saras S.p.A.
  11. Rosneft agreed to sell 8.99% interest in Saras S.p.A.
  12. Rosneft Announces Successful Finalization of a Project with Saras S.p.A.
  13. Members of the Moratti family enter into an agreement to sell approx. 35% of Saras to Vitol