Corinth Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Motor Oil
• Website: http://www.moh.gr/
• Location: Greece
• Capacity: 9.0 million MT per annum, 180,000 bpd
• Nelson Complexity: 12.0
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Hydrocracker - 37,000 bpd
• Gasoil desulphurisation unit - 32,000 bpd
• Sulphur Recovery
• FCC Complex,
• Lubes Production,
• Visbreaker

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 1.0m cubic metres
• Refined Products: 1.6m cubic metres
• Total: 2.6 million cubic metres

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes medium heavy sour crude oil, including Basrah, Kirkut and Urals

Products Produced

• LPG, Naphtha, Kerosene, Diesel and Fuel Oil, Lubes.

Projects

• A propylene splitter with capacity of 100,000 tpa is being constructed
• A new naphtha complex was commissioned in 2022 that has a capacity of 22,000 barrels per day
  • It will consist of three new process units: a naphtha hydrotreater unit, a platforming unit and an isomerization unit.
• The refinery added a new 60,000 barrel per day (bpd) Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) in 2010
  • For Details see Corinth Refinery Expansion Project

Other Information

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History

• 1975 - Entrance to fuel production with the addition of the Atmospheric Distillation Unit.
• 1978 - Construction of the Catalytic Reforming Unit
• 1980 - Installation of the Catalytic Cracking Unit
• 1984 - Construction of an Electric Power Production Unit that uses gaseous fuel as raw material. Right to sell energy to the domestic market.
• 1986 - MTBE plant commissioned
• 2000 - Completion of investment projects aiming at the production of products in harmonization to European Union specifications
• 2005 - Hydrocracker Complex Completed
• 2010 - Expansion completed
• 2019 - Naphtha treatment project launched
• 2022 - Naphtha treatment project completed
• 2022 - Final investment decision made for propylene splitter project

Links

1. Wikipedia Page
2. Saipem Oxygenates for Fuel Use
3. Kinetics Technology Sulphur References
4. Studi Tecnologie Progetti Refining References
5. Technip awarded a contract for a refinery in Greece
6. Technip Awarded a Significant Contract by Motor Oil Hellas for a New Naphtha Complex in Greece
7. Maire Tecnimont awarded €80 Million EPCM refining contract in Greece