Arak refinery

Arak is a medium size, medium complexity refinery located in the Markazi province of Iran, southwest of Tehran.

The refinery is owned and operated by NIORDC.

Primarily processes Ahwaz crude.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 9.4

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 250 kbpd

Vacuum distillation  - 71 kbpd  

RCC    

Visbreaker    

Hydrocracker  - 25 kbpd   

FCC     

C5/C6 Isomerization  - 9 kbpd 

Reformer - 22 kbpd - Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater - Unifiner  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

Resid hydrotreater   

Asphalt plant   

Hydrogen - 50 MMscfd


Location


refinery website

Refinery history

1993 - Refinery commissioned

2011 - Major upgrade completed (phase 1)