Macedonia's OKTA Refinery Undergoing Overhaul

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The 54,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) OKTA refinery located in Skopje, Macedonia, is undergoing an overhaul. The plant is owned by Hellenic Petroleum SA (ATH:ELPE) (Aspropyrgos, Greece) and operated by OKTA (Skopje).

The OKTA refinery halted production September 1 for approximately 30 nonproduction days to perform inspection and cleaning of the Atmospheric Distillation Unit, the 14,000-BBL/d Gasoline Hydrodesulfurization Unit, the 4,700-BBL/d Kero Hydrodesulfurization Unit, the 8,700-BBL/d Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit, the 3,000-BBL/d Light Naphtha Isomerization Unit, the 10,200-BBL/d Catalytic Reformer, the 1,500-BBL/d Liquid Petroleum Gas Recovery Unit, the Monoethanolamine Unit, and the 87-BBLd Sulfur Recovery Unit. All units are expected to be back online September 30.

After performing the necessary inspection, authorities will decide which maintenace work will be performed on the next overhaul, scheduled to take place May 2010. The refinery, which began production in 1982, has a production site of nine units and performs overhauls every year.

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