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 km˛ area and employs about 4500 persons
distributed as : engineers , technicians , workers
and
All its products comply with the Syrian Standards
Specifications.
Developments
of The Refinery
*
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.
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