Sines Refinery

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Summary Information Ownership: Galp Website: http://www.galpenergia.com/ Location: Sines port, 150 kilometres south of Lisbon Capacity: 10.8 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: 7.7 Refining Depth: Brief Description A medium sized medium complexity refinery Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Fluidised Catalytic Cracking (FCC) FCC Gasoline Desulphurisation Platforming and CCR Merox Isomax Visbreaker Alkylation Desulphurisation Sulphur recovery Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: 1.5 million m3 Refined Products: 1.5 million m3 Crude Supply - Products Produced Gasoline, Diesel, LPG , Fuel oil, Naphtha, Jet fuel, Bitumen, Sulphur These fuels are produced according to the most recent environmental requirements, namely gasolines and diesels with very low sulphur content (10 ppm). Ongoing Projects For details see Sines Refinery Upgrade Project The project for conversion of the Sines refinery consists of the construction of a new hydrocracker, i.e. a unit for hydrocracking heavy gasoil, for the production of diesel and aviation fuel. Other Information - History 1978 - Sines refinery started operating 2002 - Fluor built a grassroot hydrodesulphurization unit 2009 - Sines Refinery Upgrade Project launched 2013 - The hydrocracker starts production Relevant Links Refinery webpage Fluor Selected by Petrogal to Build Desulfurization Plant in Portugal The hydrocracker at Sines refinery begins operations