Rijeka Refinery Delayed Coker Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: INA (MOL)
• Website: http://www.ina.hr/
• Wiki Page: Rijeka Refinery
• Location: Rijeka, Croatia
• Capacity: million tons/annum & bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under construction
• Expected Completion: 2023
• Budget: EUR 450 million

The Project

• Project Type: Upgrade
• Project Summary:
  • The Project includes the debottlenecking of existing units and construction of new ones
  • The delayed coker involves construction of the unit itself as well as solutions for coke storage and sea jetty construction
• Main Contractors:
  • Kinetics Technology: EPC contract on a Lump Sum Turnkey basis
  • engineering, procurement of all equipment and materials, construction and erection work for a new Delayed Coking Unit with coke handling and ship loading, Sour Water Stripper, Amine Recovery units and the revamping of Hydrocracker, Sulphur Recovery, and Utilities & Offsites units.
• Licences:
  • Bechtel: Licence for Delayed coking unit

Refining Units

• Delayed Coker
• Sour Water Stripper
• Amine Recovery units
• Hydrocracker, Sulphur Recovery (Revamping)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• The refinery will no longer produce residual fuel oil

History

• 2014 - Bechtel technology chosen for Coker
• 2019 - Kinetics Technology awarded EPC contract

Other Information

• The project was significantly delayed due to political problems between MOL, the main shareholder and the Croatian government

Links

1. Kinetics Technology Refinery References
2. Bechtel's ThruPlus® Coking Technology Selected for Croatian Refinery
3. Maire Tecnimont Awarded A €450 Mn Refining Project In Croatia
4. INA Successfully Starts Up New Delayed Coker Unit at the Rijeka Refinery