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following the independence, SYRIA started to develop the economic and social base of progress.Homs Refinery Company HRC , the first refinery in Syria, came into operation in 1959 with a capacity of 1 million ton/ year of light Iraqian crude oil to satisfy the local market demands of petroleum derivativesand export the excess . During the last four decades ,(HRC ) passed several steps ;due to the national exploitation of oil fields and increased demands of petroleum products, the capacity was raised in1996 . to 2 million tons/year of Light and heavy Syrian Crude Oil. Few years later , following the Corrective Movement, which leaded to a social and economic stability , HRC experienced other expansions to reach a total capacity of 5.7M.M.T / year of both Light and Heavy Crude Oil. HRC was erected in Homs which occupies a strategic position in the middle of Syria and is considered as a tourist center , with 478 m above sea level . Aassi (Orontes) River passes through Homs and supplies HRC with the required quantities of water . Homs Refinery Company is located7 km west of the city on the international high way to Lebanon . It occupies about 4 km² area and employs about 4500 persons distributed as : engineers , technicians , workers and All its products comply with the Syrian Standards Specifications.
* In 1959 , HRC was put into operation for the first time with a capacity of 1 million ton / year of light crude oil (Karkuk) . It was consisting of one Atmospheric Distillation Unit ( ADU ) - U-100 , a fixed catalytic Reformer Unit , an Asphalt Unit , some other related offsite Units , Nitrogen Unit , and Power Plant . * In 1969 , HRC experienced its first expansion; ( U100 ) was revamped to process 1.7 M. MT/Y , and a new ADU U-10 of one M. MT/Y was also erected ,so the total capacity became 2.7M. MT/Y of crude oil . In addition to U-10 , a Delayed Coker Unit , a Gas Recovery Unit , an Acid Gas Treating Unit ,a Sulfur Recovery Unit , three Hydrodesulphurization Units for Kerosene , Gas Oil , Heavy Gas Oil and a Power Plant was erected . * In 1974 , a third ADU of 1 M. MT/Y capacity U-22 was added to the existing units of the Refinery , together with a Lube Oil blending plant . So the total capacity became 3,7 M. MT/Y . * In 1976 , a fourth ADU of 1.7 M. MT/Y capacity U-21 was erected to rise the capacity to 5.4 M. MT/Y of crude oil . * In 1978 , the first initial ADU ( U- 100 ) had experienced a further revamp to process a total of 2 M. MT/Y of crude oil ; this state had allowed HRC to achieve its nowadays maximal distillation capacity of 5.7 M. MT/Y of crude oil. * In 1989 , several new additional units were commissioned aiming at improve the specifications of the products; Naphtha Hydro treating Unit , Gas Oil Hydro treating Unit , Continuous Catalytic Reforming Unit , an Isomerization Unit new sulphur recovery unit , and a new ( Power and Steam ) Plant. |
