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=== Summary Information ===
 
=== Summary Information ===
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Ownership: ENI
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* Ownership: ENI
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Website: http://www.eni.com/
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* Website: http://www.eni.com/
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List of ENI Refineries
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* List of [[ENI Refineries]]
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Location: on the southern coast of Sicily
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* Location: on the southern coast of Sicily
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Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
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* Capacity:
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Nelson Complexity:
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** Previously:5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
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Refining Units
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** Currently: 0.75 million tons/annum & 15,000 bbl/day
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Atmospheric Crude Distillation
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* Nelson Complexity:
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VDU
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=== Brief Description ===
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FCC
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* The refinery has been converted into a biorefinery
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Delayed Coker
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=== Refining Units ===
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Alkylation unit
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* Biorefinery
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Catalytic Reformer
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** Ecofining™ plant, (two existing desulphurisation units were modified)
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Hydrogen Unit
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** Steam reforming unit
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Sulphur Recovery Unit
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* Previously
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LPG Treatment
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** Atmospheric Crude Distillation
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Desulphurisation
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** VDU
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Naphtha
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** FCC
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Gasoil
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** Delayed Coker
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Brief Description
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** Alkylation unit
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The refinery has balanced refining capacity of 100 kbbl/d and a conversion index of 142.4%.
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** Catalytic Reformer
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Following a survey carried out by the consultant firm Wood McKenzie, the refinery was listed first in Europe for the environmental quality of its products
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** Hydrogen Unit
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Terminal Capacity
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** Sulphur Recovery Unit
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Crude Oil:
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** LPG Treatment
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Refined Products:
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** Desulphurisation
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Crude Supply
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** Naphtha
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It processes heavy crude produced from nearby Eni fields offshore and onshore Sicily.
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** Gasoil
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Products Produced
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Gasoline, Diesel, Naphtha
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=== Terminal Capacity ===
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Ongoing Projects
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* Crude Oil:
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The Gela Refinery Renovation Project was launched in 2013
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* Refined Products:
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Currently there is an upgrade of its power plant, through the revamping of its boilers, aimed at increasing profitability by exploiting the synergies deriving from the integration of refining and power generation.
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=== Crude Supply ===
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Other Information
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* waste from food production, regenerated used cooking oil (RUCO), animal fat (tallow) and by-products from processing vegetable oil
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It supplies large volumes of petrochemical feedstock to Eni's in site petrochemical plants.
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* It used to process heavy crude produced from nearby Eni fields offshore and onshore Sicily.
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History
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=== Products Produced ===
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1963 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 40,000 bpd capacity
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* Green diesel
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1968 - Vacuum Distillation, Alkylation unit & FCC commissioned
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1986 - Capacity increased by 38,000 bpd + Coker capacity increased
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=== Projects ===
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1989 - Sulphur recovery unit commissioned
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* The Gela Refinery Renovation Project was launched in 2013
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1990 - Gasoil HDS, Hydrogen Unit & LPG Treating Unit commissioned
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=== Other Information ===
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2003 - A new 90,000 bpd capacity CDU installed
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* It used to supply large volumes of petrochemical feedstock to Eni's in site petrochemical plants.
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2007 - CCR Reformer, Naphtha HT & Isomerisation unit commissioned
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=== History ===
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2012 - Partial and temporary stoppage announced at the Gela Refinery
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* 1963 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 40,000 bpd capacity
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2013 - Renovation project announced
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* 1968 - Vacuum Distillation, Alkylation unit & FCC commissioned
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Relevant Links
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* 1986 - Capacity increased by 38,000 bpd + Coker capacity increased
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Saipem Isomerisation Units
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* 1989 - Sulphur recovery unit commissioned
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Saipem Naphtha Treating Units
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* 1990 - Gasoil HDS, Hydrogen Unit & LPG Treating Unit commissioned
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Saipem Residue Conversion Units
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* 2003 - A new 90,000 bpd capacity CDU installed
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Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units
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* 2007 - CCR Reformer, Naphtha HT & Isomerisation unit commissioned
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Saipem Vacuum Gasoil Desulphurisation
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* 2012 - Partial and temporary stoppage announced at the Gela Refinery
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Refinery Webpage
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* 2013 - Renovation project announced
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The Gela Refinery in Sicily, Alfa Laval
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===  Links ===
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Eni: partial and temporary stoppage at the Gela Refinery
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# [[Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation]]
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Eni: Project for the renovation and recovery of the Gela refinery
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# [[Saipem Catalytic Reformer Units]]
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# [[Saipem Isomerisation Units]]
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# [[Saipem Naphtha Treating Units]]
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# [[Saipem Residue Conversion Units]]
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# [[Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units]]
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# [[Saipem Vacuum Gasoil Desulphurisation]]
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# [http://www.eni.com/en_IT/company/operations-strategies/refining-marketing/refining-rf/refinery-gela.shtml Refinery Webpage]
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# [http://www.alfalaval.com/solution-finder/customer-stories/Pages/Gela-Refinery.aspx The Gela Refinery in Sicily, Alfa Laval]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:2380 Eni: partial and temporary stoppage at the Gela Refinery]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:4372 Eni: Project for the renovation and recovery of the Gela refinery]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:eni-opens-its-bio-refinery-in-gela Eni opens its bio-refinery in Gela]
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[[Category:Refinery]]
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[[Category:Italy]]
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[[Category:ENI]]

Latest revision as of 11:39, 30 November 2023

Summary Information

  • Ownership: ENI
  • Website: http://www.eni.com/
  • List of ENI Refineries
  • Location: on the southern coast of Sicily
  • Capacity:
    • Previously:5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
    • Currently: 0.75 million tons/annum & 15,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:

Brief Description

  • The refinery has been converted into a biorefinery

Refining Units

  • Biorefinery
    • Ecofining™ plant, (two existing desulphurisation units were modified)
    • Steam reforming unit
  • Previously
    • Atmospheric Crude Distillation
    • VDU
    • FCC
    • Delayed Coker
    • Alkylation unit
    • Catalytic Reformer
    • Hydrogen Unit
    • Sulphur Recovery Unit
    • LPG Treatment
    • Desulphurisation
    • Naphtha
    • Gasoil

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • waste from food production, regenerated used cooking oil (RUCO), animal fat (tallow) and by-products from processing vegetable oil
  • It used to process heavy crude produced from nearby Eni fields offshore and onshore Sicily.

Products Produced

  • Green diesel

Projects

  • The Gela Refinery Renovation Project was launched in 2013

Other Information

  • It used to supply large volumes of petrochemical feedstock to Eni's in site petrochemical plants.

History

  • 1963 - Refinery commissioned by Snamprogetti with 40,000 bpd capacity
  • 1968 - Vacuum Distillation, Alkylation unit & FCC commissioned
  • 1986 - Capacity increased by 38,000 bpd + Coker capacity increased
  • 1989 - Sulphur recovery unit commissioned
  • 1990 - Gasoil HDS, Hydrogen Unit & LPG Treating Unit commissioned
  • 2003 - A new 90,000 bpd capacity CDU installed
  • 2007 - CCR Reformer, Naphtha HT & Isomerisation unit commissioned
  • 2012 - Partial and temporary stoppage announced at the Gela Refinery
  • 2013 - Renovation project announced

Links

  1. Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation
  2. Saipem Catalytic Reformer Units
  3. Saipem Isomerisation Units
  4. Saipem Naphtha Treating Units
  5. Saipem Residue Conversion Units
  6. Saipem Vacuum Distillation Units
  7. Saipem Vacuum Gasoil Desulphurisation
  8. Refinery Webpage
  9. The Gela Refinery in Sicily, Alfa Laval
  10. Eni: partial and temporary stoppage at the Gela Refinery
  11. Eni: Project for the renovation and recovery of the Gela refinery
  12. Eni opens its bio-refinery in Gela