Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Socar
• Website: http://www.socar.az/
• Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
• Capacity: 6 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• AlkyleneTM process unit - UOP
• OxyproTM process unit - UOP
• ButamerTM process unit - UOP

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Azeri crude

Products Produced

• Gasoline, straight-run gasoline, jet engine fuel, kerosene, diesel oil, communal stove fuel, stove black oil, oil asphalt, petroleum coke, lubricating oils and liquefied gas

Projects

• The Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery Modernisation Project will expand and upgrade the refinery to produce EURO V specification products
• The refinery is being upgraded to produce Euro V products and expanded to 150,000 bpd

Other Information

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History

• 1953 - Refinery is completed
• 2011 - FCC revamp completed
• 2015 - Axens awarded clean fuels project
• 2018 - Phase I of the modernisation project completed

Links

1. Poerner Bitumen References
2. Baku Heydar Aliyev Refinery Selects UOP Technologies for High-Octane Gasoline Project
3. Catalytic cracking unit commissioned at Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery
4. Axens selected as licensor for clean fuel technologies for SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery
5. SOCAR's Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery Signs License And Design Agreements With Axens For The Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit