The $1.4 million project was recently implemented during the general turnaround of the Petromidia refinery and aimed at installing a new light gas oil recovery system within the refinery’s delayed coking plant.
“ Our company has successfully implemented a project that supports plans and objectives to increase efficiency, reduce costs, optimize operational flows, but also to modernize and align with the most modern crude oil processing solutions,” said Felix Crudu Tesloveanu, general manager of Rompetrol Rafinare.
In 2019, the Petromidia refinery recorded a total production of 1.37 million tons of gasoline and 2.93 million tons of diesel (up 5% compared to 2018). The company also managed to obtain 406 kt of Jet A1 aviation fuel, a record level in the refinery’s over 40-year history.
Rompetrol Rafinare, which operates Petromidia Navodari and Vega Ploiesti refineries, is majority owned by KMG International (54.63%; directly and indirectly) and the Romanian state through the economy ministry (44.69%).