El Suez refinery

Also known as:

SOPC, Suez Oil Processing Company

El Suez is a small, low complexity refinery located at the north end of the Gulf of Suez, at the south entrance to the Suez Canal, in Egypt.

The refinery is owned and operated by EGPC.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 5.0

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 68 kbpd

Vacuum distillation    

Coker 

Reformer - Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater  

VGO hydrotreater   

Base oil plant 

Employees: 5280  

Location

XG43+G22, Suez, Suez Governorate 8140007, Egypt

Refinery history

1921 - Refinery commissioned

1953 - Ownership transferred to EGPC.

1963 - Merged with another Suez refinery