Iplom Busalla Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Iplom
• Website: http://iplom.it/
• Location: Genoa, Italy
• Capacity: 2.0 million tons/annum & 40,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

A small and medium complex refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Hydrocracker
• Diesel Desulphurisation
• Hydrogen Unit
• Sulphur Recovery Unit

Terminal Capacity

• The total storage capacity is approximately 240.000 m3 , 50 tanks in Busalla, and 12 in Fegino. There is a mixture of floating roof tanks and fixed roof tanks

Crude Supply

• Crude is supplied by vessel

Products Produced

• Naphtha, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil, Asphalt
• Half of the products are delivered by pipeline and the other half by road and rail

Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1943 - Refinery commissioned
• 2010 - Mild Hydrocracker commissioned
• 2012 - Diesel and gasoline desulphurisation plants commissioned

Relevant Links

1. Kinetics Technology Refinery References
2. Mild hydrocracker and hydrogen units, Italy
3. Emerson case study