Taranto Refinery
Summary Information Ownership: ENI Website: http://www.eni.com/ List of ENI Refineries Location: Taranto, Italy Capacity: 5.5 million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: 64.8% Brief Description A medium sized, complex refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Visbreaker / Thermal Cracker Desulphurisation Gasoline Diesel Isomerisation Unit - 4,000 bpd Resid Hydrocracking Unit Residue hydrotreating unit Sulphur Recovery Unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply It processes most of the oil produced in Eni's Val D Agri Oil Field carried to Taranto through the Monte Alpi Crude Oil Pipeline It also processes crude from the Middle East, North and Russia Products Produced It principally produces fuels for automotive use and residential heating purposes for the Southern Italian markets Ongoing Projects - Other Information The refinery also acts as an export terminal for domestic crude History 1967 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 80,000 bpd capacity 1982 - Visbreaker commissioned 1989 - Isomerisation Unit commissioned 2006 - Residue hydrotreating unit revamped 2007 - New Atmospheric Crude Distillation Unit commissioned 2010 - A new hydro-cracking unit integrated with the RHU facility started production 2013 - ABB wins contract for new export pier Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Refinery Brochure, (Italian) Saipem Grass Roots Refineries Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units Saipem Naphtha Treating Units Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units Saipem Visbreaking Units Saipem Isomerisation Units Saipem Sulphur Block Units Successful Test Run of UFR at ENI’s Taranto Refinery ABB wins $40 million order to upgrade oil transportation infrastructure in Italy
