Petrobrazi Refinery Upgrade Project

Ownership: Petrom (OMV)
Website: http://www.petrom.com/
Wiki Page: Petrobrazi Ploiesti Refinery
Location: Petrobrazi Refinery is located in the South-East region of Romania, near Ploiesti City, a highly developed industrial area
Capacity:
- Before: 4.5 million tons/annum & 90,000 bbl/day
- After: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
Nelson Complexity:
Project Stage: Completed
Completion: 2014
Budget: € 750 mn

Project Type: Upgrade & Expansion
Project Summary: the program is focused on increasing the capability to obtain higher products from domestic crude oil, but also, on the other hand, on increasing the capacity of secondary conversion.
Increasing the Vacuum & Atmospheric Distillation unit capacity from 4.5 mn tons/year to 6 mn tons/year
Expansion of the Coker unit
Construction of Romania’s first-ever Hydrocracker unit, along with a New Steam Reforming Unit
Main Contractors:
- Foster Wheeler provided front-end engineering design (FEED) modification services and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) for the revamp of an atmospheric/vacuum distillation unit at the refinery. In addition, the company has been awarded an EPCm contract for a new amine unit and the FEED for the revamp of a delayed coking unit.
Licences: OMV/Petrom has licensed Topsøe’s hydrocracking technology for a 34,000 BPSD grassroots hydrocracking unit

Crude Oil: Refined Products:

The refinery produces less heavy products and increase production of Euro V ULSD and Jet Fuel

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