SOCAR COMMISSIONS NEW BITUMEN REFINERY AS PART OF RECONSTRUCTION

Azerbaijan´s state energy company SOCAR recently held an opening ceremony for its new Biturox plant in the Heydar Aliyev Refinery near Baku, Azerbaijan. EPCM-Engineering Partner Pörner and SOCAR announced a successful commissioning as first part of the refinery reconstruction. SOCAR closed an old refinery, now located within the city, and is expanding the Haydar Aliyev refinery for efficient oil processing at the latest international standard. The first subproject of this ambitious project represented the bitumen plant operating with the worldwide proven Biturox process of the Austrian technology company Pörner. The EPCM contract of Pörner included licensing, pilot testing, basic and detail engineering, supply of main components as well as site supervi-sion, commissioning and start up assistance for the process plant and ancillary plants.