Petrobrazi Refinery
| Petrobrazi Refinery | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Oil refinery |
| Location | Ploieşti, Prahova County |
| Coordinates | 44°52′18″N 26°0′27″E / 44.87167°N 26.00750°E |
| Elevation | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Completed | 1934 |
| Owner | Petrom |
| Height | 120 metres (chimney) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 520 hectares (55,972,334 sq ft) |
Petrobrazi Refinery is one of the largest Romanian refineries and one of the largest in Eastern Europe, located in Ploieşti, Prahova County having as a main activity the processing of Romanian oil but also has a separate unit specialised in processing chemical products.[1] The refinery has two processing modules with a nominal capacity of 3.5 million tonnes/year each and a total capacity of 7 million tonnes/year.[1] Now only one of the two modules is operational and has a capacity of 4.5 million tonnes/year or 90,000 bbl/d (14,000 m3/d), 1 million tonnes larger due to an investment program from 1999 - 2000.[1] The facility is connected by pipeline to virtually all of the oil fields in Romania by an extensive pipe network and to the Port of Constanţa by a pipeline with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes/day.[1]
History
Petrobrazi was founded in 1934 in a strategic industrial zone of 440 hectares (4.4 km2) located in Southern Romania near Ploieşti.[2] The first oil processing capacity was established in 1934 and had a processing capacity of 300,000 tonnes/year.[1] In 1962 Petrobrazi becomes the first modern refinery in Romania with the addition of the catalytic cracking and reforming processes.[2] In 1965 the refinery was integrated with the Petrochemical Complex. In 1997 the state established Petrom as the national oil company also including the Petrobrazi Refinery.[2] In 2003 the refinery becomes the first facility of its kind in Romania that has its own cogeneration power plant.[2] With its nominal processing capacity of 7 million tonnes/year, Petrobrazi is the largest Romanian refinery.[1] It is also the most efficient refinery in Romania having a Nelson complexity index of 11.4.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Petrobrazi Refinery" (in Romanian). Prime Transaction. 2009-02-18. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- 1 2 3 4 "Petrom is the Largest Romanian Refiner". Petrom. 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-02-18.