Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 22
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
The construction of the Star refinery infrastructure has been 95 percent completed, Anadolu agency reported referring to Kenan Yavuz, the head of SOCAR Turkey Enerji, reported Oct. 22.
Yavuz said that SOCAR Turkey Enerji plans to start production at the Star refinery in March 2018.
The annual naphtha production volume, used by Petkim as the main raw material, will hit 1.66 million metric tons at the STAR refinery.
Along with naphtha, the new oil refinery will produce diesel fuel with ultra-low sulfur to the amount of 5.95 million metric tons, aviation kerosene - 500,000 metric tons, reformate - 500,000 metric tons, petroleum coke - 630,000 metric tons, liquefied gas - 240,000 metric tons, mixed xylene - 415,000 metric tons, olefin LPG - 75,000 metric tons and 145,000 metric tons of sulfur. The refinery will not produce petrol and fuel oil.
It is planned to refine Azeri Light, Kerkuk and URALS oil at the plant.
Edited by CN
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