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Balochistan Refinery | Cnergyico Pk Limited Company Profile

Overview

The Balochistan Refinery refers to Cnergyico Pk Limited's oil refining complex located at Mouza Kund, District Lasbela, Hub, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. The facility is positioned 50 kilometers from Karachi toward Hub in the Balochistan coastal area at Khalifa Point. This strategic coastal location provides Cnergyico with competitive advantages over inland refineries due to significantly lower logistics costs and direct access to marine crude oil transportation.

Refinery Structure and Capacity

The Balochistan refinery complex consists of two separate oil refining complexes (ORC-I and ORC-II) with a combined nameplate capacity of 156,000 barrels per day, making it Pakistan's largest oil refinery by installed capacity.

Oil Refining Complex I (ORC-I)

• Capacity: 36,000 barrels per day
• Commissioned: July 1, 2004
• Configuration: Hydro-skimming refinery
• Original capacity: Started at 18,000 bpd, enhanced to 30,000 bpd in 2008, then to 36,000 bpd

Oil Refining Complex II (ORC-II)

• Capacity: 120,000 barrels per day
• Commissioned: 2015 (started operations in phases from 2014-2017)
• Configuration: Hydro-skimming refinery
• Status: Largest single refinery unit in Pakistan

Refinery Configuration

The refinery complex operates as hydro-skimming configuration refineries, which represent a relatively simple refining process focused on distillation and basic treating. The current process units include:

• Crude Distillation Unit (CDU): 120,000 barrels per day capacity for ORC-II
• Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU): 42,000 barrels per day capacity
• Catalytic Reformer: 25,000 barrels per day capacity
• Hydrotreater: 38,000 barrels per day capacity
• Isomerization Unit: 13,000 barrels per day capacity

Planned Upgrade

As part of the $1 billion refinery modernization program, Cnergyico is installing advanced processing units to achieve Euro-V compliance:

• Diesel Hydro-Desulphurizing (DHDS) Unit: Including pre and post treatment plants with Amine System, Sour Water System, and Sulphur Recovery plant
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit: Pakistan's first FCC unit, including Vacuum Distillation, Selective Hydrogenation Process, Alkylation, Catalytic Naphtha Hydrotreater, Catalytic Reformer, Dimersol, Gasoline Merox, Sweet Frac, C3/C4 Splitter, and Gas Condensation Units
• Prime G+ Technology: Selective hydrogenation, olefins fractionation, aromatics deep desulphurization

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