Tabriz Refinery Pushes Back Catalytic Unit Turnaround

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources India (Delhi, India)--Tabriz Oil Refining Company (TZORC), Iran's major oil refining company, has rescheduled the 30-day planned maintenance and inspection shutdown of the catalytic unit at its 110-kilo-barrel-per-day (KBBL/d) refinery at Tabriz. The turnaround programme, which previously was slated to begin in June 2012, has now been scheduled for October 2012.

The major overhauling activities that are to be carried out during this maintenance and inspection shutdown include tray replacement, exchanger cleaning, reactor maintenance, filter changeover, and heater pigging. The overall cost of the turnaround has been pegged at $12 million.

The major units of the refinery, such as the naphtha hydrotreater, continuous catalytic reformer, gas oil unifiner, isomax unit and hydrogen unit, are scheduled for complete turnaround. Other units, like the amine treatment and tail-gas treatment units, also are due for turnaround during the upcoming shutdown, along with their associated utilities.

In a bid to meet the growing domestic demand, Tabriz Oil is developing a new refinery, called the Shahriar Refinery, in the city of Tabriz. On completion, the new refinery will be integrated with the existing Tabriz Refinery.

In order to augment supply to both domestic and export markets, the company intends to produce high-quality gasoline (premium and regular), kerosene, gas oil and fuel oil, which conform to the EURO-V norms and the specifications laid out by the National Iranian Oil Distribution Company (Tehran, Iran), from the new and existing refinery units.

According to Tabriz Oil, there also will be an exchange of intermediate products between the new and existing refineries in order to improve product quality.

Tabriz Refinery was build in 1978, with a nominal capacity of 80,000 barrels per day, which was later increased to 110,000 barrels per day to meet fuel needs in Iran. The refinery is strategically located, with good access to international waterways, import facilities and jetties, railways and pipelines.

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