Arpechim Pitesti Refinery
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Summary Information
- The refinery has been permanently closed down
- Ownership: Petrom
- Website: http://www.petrom.com/ (OMV)
- Location: Arpechim refinery is in a strategic industrial area, located in the South of Romania, near an important city: Pitesti
- Capacity: 3.5 million tons/annum & 70.000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity: 7.3
Refining Units
- CDU
- HDV,
- Gasoline Desulfurisation (ISOL UOP Process)
- Hydrogen Unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Most of the crude oil came from countries in the Black Sea Region (Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan).
- The crude was shipped to the Constanta Oil Terminal and transported by pipeline to Arpechim
Products Produced
- Fuels: Gasoline (RON 95, 10 ppm), Diesel (50 ppm, 10 ppm), automotive LPG;
- Industrial and domestic heating fuels: heavy fuel oil, aragaz, light fuel oil;
- Special products: ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene, xylenes, C4, sulfur. Bitumen
Projects
Other Information
- The refinery was permanently closed in 2011
History
- Arpechim was founded in 1964 in a strategic industrial zone located in Southern Romania near Piteşti. In the same year the refinery built its first plant specialised in the production of carbon black.
- In 1967 another two distinct units were established, the Piteşti Refinery and the Petrochemical Complex and the Thermal Power Station. In 1971 the refinery was integrated with the Petrochemical Complex.
- In 1997 the state established Petrom as the national oil company also including the Arpechim Refinery.
- In 1999 Arpechim becomes the first refinery in Europe to produce and export diesel with a reduced sulfur content.
- In 2003, OMV acquired 51% of Petrom from the Romanian State.
- In 2005 the refinery concludes the building of a new gasoil hydrotreater and new hydrogen plant.
- 2011 - Petrom took the decision to permanently close the Arpechim refinery
