Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company is one of the 9 Iranian petroleum refining companies. It was erected on an approximate area of 700 Hectares on the North coastline of the Persian Gulf near Bandar Abbas city. The company was exploited in 1997.

It started with a capacity of 232000 b/d (barrel per day) to cater to domestic demands of oil products and also target the export market. The nominal capacity of company was increased to 320,000 b/d in July 2008 with attempt and endeavor of specialized and committed domestic manpowers.In 2012, by increasing 30,000 barrels of condensate to distillation and visbreaker units feedstock due to an innovative capacity improvement project without any expenditure and investment, this company was achieved to upgrade its capacity to 350,000 b/d.

Refinery feedstock includes 20,000 b/d of light crude oil from Hengam island, 300,000 b/d of heavy crude oil from Khark island and 30,000 b/d of condensate from Sarkhoon and Asalouyeh gaseous fields now.

Using advanced design technology in Bandar Abbas oil refinery caused the industrial development as well as the qualitative and quantitative products of the company.

Much attention and care have been made in design phase of refinery to apply the most advanced global up-to-date technologies for observing safety principles, prevention from environment pollution, reduction energy waste and having operational and production flexibility.

FEEDSTOCKS AND THEIR SOURCES

The feedstock which is used in Bandar Abbas oil refinery includes petroleum and condensate.  Iranian heavy crude oil from Khark island continuously providing by three 90,000 tons (650,000 barrels) oil tankers and light crude oil from Iran and Oman common oil field in Hengam island directed by pipeline to the refinery.

Condensate is provided through pipeline from Sarkhoon gas refinery, and also partially is received by oil tanker from Asalouyeh and Mahshahr. The required natural gas is provided from Sarkhoon Gaseous Resources in the suburbs of Bandar Abbas and Gavarzin wells in Qheshm island with an average of 114000 NM^3/H. The consumed and required water of the Refinery is 40,000 NM^3/H provided from sea through three 56 inch pipeline with a length of about 6km.

MAJOR PRODUCTS:

- Liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG).

- Motor Gasoline.               

- Exporting heavy Naphtha.

-  Aviation Jet fuel (ATK)

- Kerosene       

- Gas Oil

- Fuel oil

- VAC.BOT

- Sulfur

ESTABLISHMENT OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company is one of the pioneer companies in establishment, development and renewing management systems, and has received numerous certificates in this regard. The latest received certificates are specified hereunder:

- Quality management system (ISO 9001: 2008).

- Special standard for oil, gas & petrochemical industries (ISO/TS 29001: 2010).

- Environmental Management System (ISO 14001: 2004).

- Occupational health and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001: 2007).

- Energy Management System (ISO50001: 2011).

- HSE-MS Management and Laboratory Quality Management System (ISO17025: 2005).

COMPLETION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF BANDAR ABBAS OIL REFINERY

During the past several years, the state pattern for production and consumption of oil products has been changed from mid-distillation products to gasoline with more added value. In order to answer this ever-increasing requirement, and also to upgrade the quality of products due to environment bindings and international standards, capacity increasing and products quality improvement of Bandar Abbas refinery were defined in two phases:

First phase: This phase was created under the title of debottlenecking of No.1 & No.2 Distillation Units, and it was finished in June 2008 by implementing some changes in the distillation units. By exploiting this project, the refining capacity was increased about 38% from 232000 b/d to 320,000 b/d.

Second phase: This phase was implemented under the title of gasoline production increase in order to state self-sufficiency in gasoline production and products quality upgrading on the basis of Euro 5 standard. This project is under construction procedure on a land with an area about 345,000m^2.

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES

As the pioneer of green industries, Bandar Abbas oil refining company believes that small but targeted, organized and objective steps can cause to the constant development. By taking the following environmental actions, we try to provide bright future conditions in order to guarantee the rights of future generations:

- Refining 240M^3/H of wastewater from waste water unit and use it for gardening.

- Using CFI fire extinguishing system instead of BCF in the floating roof tanks for protection of ozone layer.

- Dredging up, refining, and recycling of evaporation pool slime.

-Monitoring the volume and pollution of underground waters.

-Recognizing, monitoring and control of destructive factors in Bandar Abbas refinery forests eco-system.

- Physical modeling of oil pollution in the Persian Gulf.

- Transferring of Jamal Ahmad village for observing the environmental rights of neighbor’s.

- Injection of produced OFF Gas in PSA section of Hydrogen unit into refinery fuel gas network to decrease flaring.

- Allocation of Rls7.6 Billion credit for environmental research projects and more than Rls104 Billion for carrying out the projects.

- Purchase of fire extinguishing and of sea pollution removal equipments.

- CDM-(No Flaring) project.

- Gas pollution removal and smell elimination in waste water unit.

- Comprehensive study of wastewater in Bandar Abbas refinery and its environment potential effects on eco-system.

- Separating and recycling the household garbage's of Morvarid town.

- On-line monitoring of pollution in stacks and reporting to the Environment organization.

- Implementation of forest and mechanized irrigation system on a land with an area of 200 Hectares on the north side of refinery and plantation of suitable trees with local conditions of the region.

THE AIMS OF BANDAR ABBAS OIL REFINERY CO.

Superiority: Being the best in all strategic activities field of the organization comparing with other refining companies in the country and in the Persian Gulf region.

Partnership: The employees’ participation in decision making and betterment of activities.

Constant development: Intentional, essential and programming efforts with the aim of manpower qualitative development, quantitative & qualitative development of products, promotion of profitability and up-to-dating the international management systems in the refinery.

THE COMPANY’S COMMISSION

Providing and supply heavy petroleum and condensate, and performing refining operations for producing oil products, presenting services and offering them to customers.

HONORS & CERTIFICATES

-Sculpture of superior participation in the second and third National Knowledge Management Reward, first rank in Iranian Oil Ministry (2010 & 2011).

-First rank of Energy Management in Iranian oil refineries (2009, 2010 & 2011).

-First rank of Health, Safety, and Environment Management (HSE) in Iranian refining companies during 3 successive years (2009, 2010 & 2011).

-The first refining company and the third in Iranian Oil Ministry receiving certificate of Energy Management System   ISO50001: 2011 (2011).

-The first refining company for implementation of strategic management and relevant index measurements.

- Renewal of the last edition of the entire Management Systems Certificates.

-The first company in Iranian Oil Ministry for incorporating six standard systems (ISO9001:2008, ISO/TS29001:2010, ISO14001:2004, OHSAS18001:2007,

ISO50001:2011 & ISO17025:2005).

- 4 stars letter of commendation for organizational excellence in the 8^th course of  productivity and organizational excellence national prize (2010).

- First rank of research projects in Iranian Oil Ministry (2013).

- First rank in technology management award (2012).