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Rompetrol Rafinare invested USD 53 million in revamping a new coker unit from Petromidia

August 8, 2013 -- Rompetrol Rafinare, a member company of The Rompetrol Group, has completed the revamp of the coker unit within Petromidia Refinery, following an investment of about 53 million dollars. The first phase of the project was finished in 2010 and it meant the acquisition of technology permit and basic engineering documentation in partnership with ConocoPhilips, one of the leaders of the international oil sector. The second phase consisted of, among others, the installation of a 100 tons C300 column of rapid discharge, the first of its kind in Romania. The special transport was secured by Romserv, Rompetrol Group general contractor.

With a capacity of 1.17 million tons per year, the coker unit will provide superior processing of the vacuum residue derived from vacuum distillation to obtain integrated products such as gas, gasoline, light gasoil, heavy gasoil and coke. She is part of a comprehensive investment plan underway since 2007 dedicated to Petromidia Refinery, which has as purpose the increase of refining capacity up to 5 million tons/year.

Source: Erginomics