Project Profile
Location: Aliaga, Izmir (Smyrna)
Value: US$5 billion
Capacity: 214,000 bpd
Start-up Year: 2018
The project will see the construction of a refinery in Aliaga, Turkey which will provide raw materials to Petkim, by processing oil from the Caspian. The initial capacity is to be around 8-10 mtpa, equivalent to 58 to 73 million barrels per annum.
The refinery will include crude and vacuum distillation units, naphtha hydrotreating, a 40,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) delayed coking unit, a 66,000 BPSD hydrocracking unit, kerosene and diesel hydrotreaters, LPG caustic treatment units, a 28,000 BPSD continuous catalytic reformer, a saturated gas unit, an amine and sour water stripper, sulfur and tail gas treatment units and a 160,000 Nm3/h hydrogen unit, as well as utilities, auxiliary systems and offsite facilities.
Export Development Canada (EDC) was the lead arranger in the overall development of the US$5.6-5.7 billion project, providing US$150 million of its own.
Operators:
SOCAR-TURCAS JV, which is a joint venture company of:
SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic)
Turcas Petrol
Contractors:
Axens: Hydrotreating technology
Consortium for engineering, procurement of all equipment and materials, construction and commissioning:
Técnicas Reunidas
Saipem
GS Engineering & Construction
Itochu
Fluor: PMC contract
Foster Wheeler: SYDECSM process technology
Subcontractors:
Amarinth: API 610 VS4 pumps (delivered September 2016)