Corinth Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Motor Oil
• Website: http://www.moh.gr/
• Location: Greece
• Capacity: 9.0 million MT per annum, 180,000 bpd
• Nelson Complexity: 12.0
• Refining Depth:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Hydrocracker - 37,000 bpd
• Gasoil desulphurisation unit - 32,000 bpd
• Sulphur Recovery
• FCC Complex,
• Lubes Production,
• Visbreaker

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:
• Total: 2.3 million cubic meters

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• LPG, Naphtha, Kerosene, Diesel and Fuel Oil, Lubes.

Ongoing Projects

• For Details see Corinth Refinery Expansion Project
• The refinery added a new 60,000 barrel per day (bpd) Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) in 2010

Other Information

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History

• 1975 - Entrance to fuel production with the addition of the Atmospheric Distillation Unit.
• 1978 - Construction of the Catalytic Reforming Unit
• 1980 - Installation of the Catalytic Cracking Unit
• 1984 - Construction of an Electric Power Production Unit that uses gaseous fuel as raw material. Right to sell energy to the domestic market.
• 1986 - MTBE plant commissioned
• 2000 - Completion of investment projects aiming at the production of products in harmonization to European Union specifications
• 2005 - Hydrocracker Complex Completed
• 2010 - Expansion completed

Links

1. Wikipedia Page
2. Saipem Oxygenates For Fuel Use
3. Studi Tecnologie Progetti Refining References
4. Technip awarded a contract for a refinery in Greece