Shazand Arak Refinery Project

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Arak Oil Refining Company (NIORDC)
  • Website: http://www.saorc-ir.com/
  • Wiki Page: [[[Shazand Arak Refinery]]]
  • Location: Shazand
  • Capacity:
* Before: 8.5 million tons/annum & 170,000 bbl/day 
* Before: 12.5 million tons/annum & 250,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Project Stage: Completed
  • Expected Completion: [[[Refinery Projects to be Completed in 2011 | 2011]]]
  • Budget: 2.4 B €

+++ The Project

  • Project Type:
  • Project Summary: Arak Refinery Expansion & Upgrading Project is designed to
* Increase throughput of the Refinery from 170,000 BPSD to 250,000 BPSD. 
* Change the Refinery feed from [[[Ahwaz Crude Oil]]] to a blend of Ahwaz and certain Iranian mixed crude oil. 
* Maximize Gasoline Production 
* Minimize Fuel Oil Production 
* Meet the Environmental Protection Obligations  
  • Main Contractors: Sinopec Engineering, Sazeh, ODCC
  • Consultants: Basic design: JGC from Japan
  • Project management: MAPSA and Enerchimi from Iran


+++ Refining Units

  • ATM. Crude Distillation Unit - JGC (Japan) - 80,000
  • No.2 Naphtha Hydrotreater Unit - Axens (France) - 33,000
  • Octanizer Unit - Axens (France) - 20,000
  • Isomerization Unit - RIPI (Iran) - 8,500
  • Kerosene Hydrotreater Unit - Axens (France) - 31,500
  • Gas Oil Hydrotreater Unit - Axens (France) - 53,000
  • Reduced Crude Desulfurization Unit - UOP (England) - 69,180
  • Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit - UOP (England) - 94,387
  • RFCC LPG Merox Unit - UOP (England) - 28,105
  • Propylene Recovery Unit - UOP (England) - 28,105
  • Cracked Gasoline Hydrotreating Unit - Axens (France) - 50,500


+++ Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

  • On aim is to change the Refinery feed from [[[Ahwaz Crude Oil]]] to a blend of Ahwaz and certain Iranian mixed crude oil.


+++ Products Produced

|| Products || Existing capacity (million lt) || Capacity after the expansion (million lt) || Products increment after the expansion (million lt) || || LPG || 0.97 || 3.57 || 2.6 || ||Propylene || 0 || 1.23 || 1.23 || ||Premium Gasoline || 0.93 || 3.55 || 2.62 || ||Gasoline || 3.74 || 12.31 || 8.57 || ||Kerosene (Jet Fuel) || 4.18 || 5.95 || 1.77 || ||Gas Oil || 7.47 || 8.92 || 1.45 ||


+++ Other Information

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+++ History

  • 2011 - Phase 1 of the upgrade and expansion project finished

+++ Relevant Links

  1. Project Details from NIOEC
  2. Project Details from NIORDC
  3. Sinopec Engineering Projects
  4. New Refining Projects to Be Inaugurated Today