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Summary Information
 
Summary Information
Ownership: Tamoil
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Website: http://www.tamoil.com/
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* Ownership: Tamoil
Location: Po valley, Italy
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* Website: http://www.tamoil.com/
Capacity: 4.8 million tons/annum & 96,000 bbl/day
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* Location: Po valley, Italy
Nelson Complexity:
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* Capacity: 4.8 million tons/annum & 96,000 bbl/day
Refining Depth:
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* Nelson Complexity:  
Brief Description
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* Refining Depth:
A medium sized medium complexity refinery
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Refining Units
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+++ Brief Description
Atmospheric Distillation
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* A medium sized medium complexity refinery
Visbreaker
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dewaxing plant,
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+++ Refining Units
three plants for desulphurization of middle distillates,
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reforming system for petrol (JRC),
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* [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]]
two plants of isomerisation gasoline,
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* Visbreaker  
selective hydrogenation of cracked gasoline,
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* dewaxing plant,  
LPG sweetening unit and light naphtha,
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* three plants for desulphurization of middle distillates,  
two sulfur plants
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* reforming system for petrol (JRC),  
Terminal Capacity
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* two plants of isomerisation gasoline,  
Crude Oil:
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* selective hydrogenation of cracked gasoline,  
Refined Products:
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* LPG sweetening unit and light naphtha,  
Crude Supply
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* two sulfur plants
The refinery receives crude oil at the port of Genoa. Crude oil discharged at Genoa for Tamoil is pumped through the Genoa-Ferrera-Cremona Oil Pipeline to a storage plant at Ferrera, and then on to Cremona.
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Products Produced
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+++ Terminal Capacity
liquefied petroleum gas, virgin naphtha for petrochemical plants, jet fuel, petrol, diesel oil, gas oil for heating systems and low sulphur fuel oil.
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Ongoing Projects
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* Crude Oil:  
For Details see Cremona Refinery Upgrade Project
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* Refined Products:  
The refinery was to be upgraded to enable it to utilise heavier crude and to boost middle distillates.
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The upgrade of existing facilities include works to the crude distillation unit, or CDU, and catalytic dewaxing unit, or CDW.
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+++ Crude Supply
New construction includes a vacuum distillation unit, or VDU, integrated to the CDU, a new heavy conversion unit, or HCU, a hydrogen manufacturing unit, or HMU, and transforming the visbreaking unit to diesel thermal cracking.
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* The refinery receives crude oil at the port of Genoa. Crude oil discharged at Genoa for Tamoil is pumped through the [[[Genoa-Ferrera-Cremona Oil Pipeline]]] to a storage plant at Ferrera, and then on to Cremona.
Environmental approval was given 13th October 2009.
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Other Information
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+++ Products Produced
* The refinery has been closed down and converted into a terminal
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* liquefied petroleum gas, virgin naphtha for petrochemical plants, jet fuel, petrol, diesel oil, gas oil for heating systems and low sulphur fuel oil.
History
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1965 - Refinery commissioned with 21,000 bpd capacity
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1982 - Visbreaker unit added
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+++ Ongoing Projects
1988 - Tamoil acquired the refinery
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* For Details see [[[Cremona Refinery Upgrade Project]]]
2010 - Closure announced
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* The refinery was to be upgraded to enable it to utilise heavier crude and to boost middle distillates.  
2011 - Refinery closed down
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* The upgrade of existing facilities include works to the crude distillation unit, or CDU, and catalytic dewaxing unit, or CDW.  
Relevant Links
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* New construction includes a vacuum distillation unit, or VDU, integrated to the CDU, a new heavy conversion unit, or HCU, a hydrogen manufacturing unit, or HMU, and transforming the visbreaking unit to diesel thermal cracking.
Refinery Webpage (Italian)
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* Environmental approval was given 13th October 2009.
Environmental approval for upgrade
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Saipem Visbreaking Units
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Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units
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+++ Other Information
Saipem Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation
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* * The refinery has been [[[Refineries That Are Closed Down | closed down]]] and converted into a terminal
Saipem Naphtha Treating Units
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Saipem Sulphur Block Units
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+++ History
The refinery in Cremona will be transformed into a Terminal
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* 1965 - Refinery commissioned with 21,000 bpd capacity
Tamoil has signed an agreement for the permanent closure of the refinery in Cremona
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* 1982 - Visbreaker unit added
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* 1988 - Tamoil acquired the refinery
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* 2010 - Closure announced
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* 2011 - Refinery closed down
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+++ Relevant Links
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# [http://www.tamoil.it/Attivita/Raffinazione/ Refinery Webpage] (Italian)
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# [http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910130944dowjonesdjonline000279&title=italy-environment-min-oks-tamoil-upgrade-of-cremona-refinery Environmental approval for upgrade]
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# [[[Saipem Visbreaking Units]]]
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# [[[Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units]]]
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# [[[Saipem Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation]]]
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# [[[Saipem Naphtha Treating Units]]]
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# [[[Saipem Sulphur Block Units]]]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:156 The refinery in Cremona will be transformed into a Terminal]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:tamoil-has-signed-an-agreement-for-the-permanent-clo Tamoil has signed an agreement for the permanent closure of the refinery in Cremona]

Latest revision as of 10:01, 1 November 2023

Summary Information

  • Ownership: Tamoil
  • Website: http://www.tamoil.com/
  • Location: Po valley, Italy
  • Capacity: 4.8 million tons/annum & 96,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

  • A medium sized medium complexity refinery

+++ Refining Units

  • [[[Atmospheric Distillation]]]
  • Visbreaker
  • dewaxing plant,
  • three plants for desulphurization of middle distillates,
  • reforming system for petrol (JRC),
  • two plants of isomerisation gasoline,
  • selective hydrogenation of cracked gasoline,
  • LPG sweetening unit and light naphtha,
  • two sulfur plants

+++ Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

  • The refinery receives crude oil at the port of Genoa. Crude oil discharged at Genoa for Tamoil is pumped through the [[[Genoa-Ferrera-Cremona Oil Pipeline]]] to a storage plant at Ferrera, and then on to Cremona.

+++ Products Produced

  • liquefied petroleum gas, virgin naphtha for petrochemical plants, jet fuel, petrol, diesel oil, gas oil for heating systems and low sulphur fuel oil.


+++ Ongoing Projects

  • For Details see [[[Cremona Refinery Upgrade Project]]]
  • The refinery was to be upgraded to enable it to utilise heavier crude and to boost middle distillates.
  • The upgrade of existing facilities include works to the crude distillation unit, or CDU, and catalytic dewaxing unit, or CDW.
  • New construction includes a vacuum distillation unit, or VDU, integrated to the CDU, a new heavy conversion unit, or HCU, a hydrogen manufacturing unit, or HMU, and transforming the visbreaking unit to diesel thermal cracking.
  • Environmental approval was given 13th October 2009.


+++ Other Information

  • * The refinery has been [[[Refineries That Are Closed Down | closed down]]] and converted into a terminal

+++ History

  • 1965 - Refinery commissioned with 21,000 bpd capacity
  • 1982 - Visbreaker unit added
  • 1988 - Tamoil acquired the refinery
  • 2010 - Closure announced
  • 2011 - Refinery closed down

+++ Relevant Links

  1. Refinery Webpage (Italian)
  2. Environmental approval for upgrade
  3. [[[Saipem Visbreaking Units]]]
  4. [[[Saipem Atmospheric Crude Distillation Units]]]
  5. [[[Saipem Atmospheric Gasoil Desulphurisation]]]
  6. [[[Saipem Naphtha Treating Units]]]
  7. [[[Saipem Sulphur Block Units]]]
  8. The refinery in Cremona will be transformed into a Terminal
  9. Tamoil has signed an agreement for the permanent closure of the refinery in Cremona