Name and Location
Socar Turcas Aegean refinery (STAR) project, Izmir, Turkey.

Client
STAR Rafineri, a subsidiary of Socar.

Project Description
The planned new facility will have a capacity of 214 000 barrels per stream day (BPSD).

The refinery includes crude and vacuum distillation units, naphtha hydrotreating, a 40 000 BPSD delayed coking unit, a 66 000 BPSD hydrocracking unit, kerosene and diesel hydrotreaters, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) caustic treatment units, a 28 000 BPSD continuous catalytic reformer, a saturated gas unit, an amine and sour water stripper, sulfur and tail gas treatment units and a 160 000 Nm3/h hydrogen unit, as well as utilities, auxiliary systems and offsite facilities.

The refinery will have a yearly production of 4.8-million tons of ultralow sulphur diesel, 1.6-million tons of naphtha, 420 000 t of mixed xylene, 1.6-million tons of jet fuel, 320 000 t of LPG, 490 000 t of reformate, 690 000 t of petrocoke and 160 000 t of sulphur at its full capacity operation.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The refinery is scheduled to come on stream in 2018.

Latest Developments
Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract to supply its proprietary technology, detailed engineering and procurement services for a reformer for the hydrogen plant.

The reformer, which is the heart of a hydrogen plant, will produce 160 000 Nm3/h of hydrogen product and high-quality export steam to be used by the refinery.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Foster Wheeler (front-end engineering design and project management contract), Fluor (project management consultant); Tecnicas Reunidas, Saipem, GS Engineering & Construction & Itochu (engineering and procurement of all equipment and materials, construction and commissioning of the facilities); Axens (naphtha hydrotreater, Prime-K unit and Prime-D unit licences); and Technip (detailed engineering and procurement services for a reformer for the hydrogen plant).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Socar, tel +90212 305 00 00, fax +90212 305 00 09 or email socar@socar.com.tr.
Foster Wheeler media relations manager, Achilleas Georgiou, tel +44 20 7429 7511 or email achilleas.georgiou@amecfw.com.
Technip public relations, Laure Montcel, tel +33 1 49 01 87 81 or email press@technip.com.
TÈcnicas Reunidas, tel +34 91 592 03 00, fax +34 91 592 03 97 or email tr@tecnicasreunidas.es.
Saipem, tel +39 02 5201, fax +39.02.520 44415 or email media.relations@saipem.com.