Project Profile
Value: US$ 1-4 billion (estimate)
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Capacity: 124,000 bpd (6.1 mtpa)
Production Year: 1957
JET: 500 tpd
Diesel: 8,400 tpd
Gasoline: 3,900 tpd
HFO: 600 tpd
Aromatics: 400 tpd
Coke and Other Products: 3,900 tpd
The first production unit of the new refinery called Slovnaft was put into operation in 1957. In the 60s, Slovnaft changed from a refining plant into a refining and petrochemical combine. Then in 1991 the hydrocracking production unit was launched and in 1998 a Continuous Catalyst Regeneration Reformer (CCR) was introduced to the project. Then in 1999 the HDS & Hydrogen units were commissioned. It wasn’t until 2000 when MOL became a major shareholder in the project. In 2004 a new production unit for desulphurization of diesel was commissioned at the facility. The project is now a medium sized high complexity refinery that produces Euro V standard fuels. It processes mainly Russian crude from Friendship Crude Pipeline.
Refining Units
CDU
VDU
Hydrocracker - 20,000 bpd
Hydrodesulfurisation - 5500 kt/day
Isomerisation
Continuous Catalyst Regeneration Reformer (CCR)
Vacuum gasoil hydrogenation (VGH) 1000 kt/year
Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC) 850 kt/year
Residual Hydro-Cracker (RHC) 1200 kt/year
Operators:
MOL: 100% interest
Contractors:
Topsøe: Contracted in 2007 to revamp the Hydrocracker