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* List of [[ENI Refineries]] | * List of [[ENI Refineries]] | ||
* Location: on the southern coast of Sicily | * Location: on the southern coast of Sicily | ||
| − | * Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day | + | * Capacity: |
| + | ** Previously:5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day | ||
| + | ** Currently: 0.75 million tons/annum & 15,000 bbl/day | ||
* Nelson Complexity: | * Nelson Complexity: | ||
=== Brief Description === | === Brief Description === | ||
* The refinery has been converted into a biorefinery | * The refinery has been converted into a biorefinery | ||
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=== Refining Units === | === Refining Units === | ||
| − | * Atmospheric Crude Distillation | + | * Biorefinery |
| − | * VDU | + | ** Ecofining™ plant, (two existing desulphurisation units were modified) |
| − | * FCC | + | ** Steam reforming unit |
| − | * Delayed Coker | + | * Previously |
| − | * Alkylation unit | + | ** Atmospheric Crude Distillation |
| − | * Catalytic Reformer | + | ** VDU |
| − | * Hydrogen Unit | + | ** FCC |
| − | * Sulphur Recovery Unit | + | ** Delayed Coker |
| − | * LPG Treatment | + | ** Alkylation unit |
| − | * Desulphurisation | + | ** Catalytic Reformer |
| − | * Naphtha | + | ** Hydrogen Unit |
| − | * Gasoil | + | ** Sulphur Recovery Unit |
| + | ** LPG Treatment | ||
| + | ** Desulphurisation | ||
| + | ** Naphtha | ||
| + | ** Gasoil | ||
=== Terminal Capacity === | === Terminal Capacity === | ||
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* Refined Products: | * Refined Products: | ||
=== Crude Supply === | === Crude Supply === | ||
| − | * It | + | * waste from food production, regenerated used cooking oil (RUCO), animal fat (tallow) and by-products from processing vegetable oil |
| + | * It used to process heavy crude produced from nearby Eni fields offshore and onshore Sicily. | ||
=== Products Produced === | === Products Produced === | ||
* Gasoline, Diesel, Naphtha | * Gasoline, Diesel, Naphtha | ||
=== Projects === | === Projects === | ||
* The Gela Refinery Renovation Project was launched in 2013 | * The Gela Refinery Renovation Project was launched in 2013 | ||
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=== Other Information === | === Other Information === | ||
| − | * It | + | * It used to supply large volumes of petrochemical feedstock to Eni's in site petrochemical plants. |
=== History === | === History === | ||
* 1963 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 40,000 bpd capacity | * 1963 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 40,000 bpd capacity | ||
Revision as of 22:26, 14 March 2020
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: ENI
- Website: http://www.eni.com/
- List of ENI Refineries
- Location: on the southern coast of Sicily
- Capacity:
- Previously:5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
- Currently: 0.75 million tons/annum & 15,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
Brief Description
- The refinery has been converted into a biorefinery
Refining Units
- Biorefinery
- Ecofining™ plant, (two existing desulphurisation units were modified)
- Steam reforming unit
- Previously
- Atmospheric Crude Distillation
- VDU
- FCC
- Delayed Coker
- Alkylation unit
- Catalytic Reformer
- Hydrogen Unit
- Sulphur Recovery Unit
- LPG Treatment
- Desulphurisation
- Naphtha
- Gasoil
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- waste from food production, regenerated used cooking oil (RUCO), animal fat (tallow) and by-products from processing vegetable oil
- It used to process heavy crude produced from nearby Eni fields offshore and onshore Sicily.
Products Produced
- Gasoline, Diesel, Naphtha
Projects
- The Gela Refinery Renovation Project was launched in 2013
Other Information
- It used to supply large volumes of petrochemical feedstock to Eni's in site petrochemical plants.
History
- 1963 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 40,000 bpd capacity
- 1968 - Vacuum Distillation, Alkylation unit & FCC commissioned
- 1986 - Capacity increased by 38,000 bpd + Coker capacity increased
- 1989 - Sulphur recovery unit commissioned
- 1990 - Gasoil HDS, Hydrogen Unit & LPG Treating Unit commissioned
- 2003 - A new 90,000 bpd capacity CDU installed
- 2007 - CCR Reformer, Naphtha HT & Isomerisation unit commissioned
- 2012 - Partial and temporary stoppage announced at the Gela Refinery
- 2013 - Renovation project announced
Links
- Saipem Isomerisation Units
- Saipem Naphtha Treating Units
- Saipem Residue Conversion Units
- Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units
- Saipem Vacuum Gasoil Desulphurisation
- Refinery Webpage
- The Gela Refinery in Sicily, Alfa Laval
- Eni: partial and temporary stoppage at the Gela Refinery
- Eni: Project for the renovation and recovery of the Gela refinery
- Eni opens its bio-refinery in Gela
