State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic operates the Baku I coking refinery, which is located in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles more than 1,400 refineries worldwide, it is an integrated coking owned by State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic. The refinery started operations in 1953 and has a Nelson Complexity Index (NCI) of 7.07. Buy the profile here.
Key refinery processes
Crude Distillation Unit (mbd): 120
Vacuum Distillation (mbd): 40
Coking (mbd): 39
Catalytic Cracker (mbd): 40
Reformer (mbd): 24
Hydrotreater (mbd): 60
Alkylation (mbd): 1
The capacity of the Baku I refinery is expected to increase to 150mbd by 2030.
During the period 2021-2025, the Baku I refinery coking is expected to witness an estimated $1,636.45m of capex.
Maintenance activities at Baku I coking refinery
The Baku I refinery coking witnessed six incidents during the period 2017-2022.
Upcoming expansion projects at Baku I coking refinery
Gasoline Hydrotreater, FCC, CDU, MTBE Unit, Sulfur Recovery Unit, Other Isomerization, Naphtha Hydrotreater Unit
Contractors involved in the refinery
Some of the key contractors for the upcoming projects at the Baku I coking refinery include the following.
Design/FEED: Chemprod, John Wood Group.
Main EPC: Maire Tecnimont, Tecnicas Reunidas.
EPC: Tekfen Construction and Installation.
About State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is a state-owned oil and gas company. It carries out exploration and production; gas processing and oil refining activities; construction and rehabilitation of gas pipelines and filling stations; transportation, distribution and sale of oil, natural gas, and gas condensate; and marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products. The company operates a gas processing plant producing natural gasoline, processed and liquefied gas; and Heydar Aliyev Baku oil refinery plant processing Azerbaijan crude and petroleum products. SOCAR's project portfolio includes Absheron, Azeri Chirag Deep Water Gunashli, Bahar Gum Deniz, Binegedi, Kurovdagh fields and others. It has operations in Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, Nigeria and Ukraine. SOCAR is headquartered in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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