SK Ulsan Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership:
• Website:
• Location:
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation

* No. 1 Unit      60,000  
* No. 2 Unit     110,000  
* No. 3 Unit     170,000 
* No. 4 Unit     240,000  
* No. 5 Unit     260,000

• RFCC

* No. 1 Unit      57,000 bpd
* No. 2 Unit      60,000 bpd

• HOU 45,000 bpd

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: SK Ulsan Complex has 34 large-scale crude oil storage tanks, storing 16 million barrels of oil. The largest tank is 22 meters in height and 86 meters in diameter.
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Crude oil is carried by oil tankers from the Middle East, South America, and Africa

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Asphalt

Other Information

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History

• 1964 - Commissioning of first crude oil unit of 35,000 bpd
• 1967 - Expansion of refinery to 55,000 bpd
• 1968 - Commissioning of second train of 60,000 bpd
• 1972 - Commissioning of third train of 170,000 bpd
• 1974 - Expansion of second train to 110,000 bpd
• 1991- Launch of No. 4 atmospheric distillation unit (current daily production of 265,000 barrels)
• 1996 - Launch of No. 5 atmospheric distillation unit (200,000 bpd, gross capacity: 810,000 bpd)
• Jan 1997 - Launch of No. 2 heavy oil desulphurization plant (60,000 bpd) and decomposition plant (50,000 bpd)
• 2008 - Launch of No. 2 RFCC plant (60,000 bpd)

Links

1. Chiyoda Crude Distillation Units
2. Chiyoda Hydrocracking Units
3. Daelim Oil And Gas Projects
4. SK Engineering Projects
5. SK Energy Plans to Shut South Korean Crude Units for Maintenance in 2011
6. The Ulsan Complex, SK Chem