Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Socar
• Website: http://www.socar.az/
• Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
• Capacity: 6 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• AlkyleneTM process unit - UOP
• OxyproTM process unit - UOP
• ButamerTM process unit - UOP

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Azeri crude

Products Produced

• Gasoline, straight-run gasoline, jet engine fuel, kerosene, diesel oil, communal stove fuel, stove black oil, oil asphalt, petroleum coke, lubricating oils and liquefied gas

Projects

• The Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery Modernisation Project will expand and upgrade the refinery to produce EURO V specification products
• The refinery is being upgraded to produce Euro V products and expanded to 150,000 bpd

Other Information

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History

• 2011 - FCC revamp completed
• 2015 - Axens awarded clean fuels project
• 2018 - Phase I of the modernisation project completed

Links

1. Baku Heydar Aliyev Refinery Selects UOP Technologies for High-Octane Gasoline Project
2. Catalytic cracking unit commissioned at Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery
3. Axens selected as licensor for clean fuel technologies for SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery