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Site Visit
The World Refining Association is delighted
to announce that fifty attendees to the Central and Eastern European
Refining and Petrochemicals Roundtable – 10th Anniversary
Meeting will receive the unique opportunity to attend a site
visit to both event co-host OMV’s
Schwechat Refinery and Borealis’ petrochemicals plant during
the afternoon of Friday 19th October.
Spaces for this visit are strictly limited and so early registration
is recommended.
OMV’S SCHWECHAT REFINERY
With a crude oil processing capacity
of some 10 mn t/year, Schwechat Refinery is one of the largest
inland refineries in continental Europe. Part of the crude oil
is domestically produced, but the lion’s share still has
to be imported.
Schwechat Refinery also includes the Lobau tank farm. Intermediates
are transported from Schwechat via pipelines to Lobau, where they
are blended into gasoline, diesel and extra-light heating oil.
These are then delivered to customers in tank trucks and tanker
cars.
Over 800 employees produce high-grade petroleum products and basic
petrochemicals at a 1.42 square km site in Schwechat. First, the
valuable raw material is distilled. Next impurities are removed
by special units. Secondary refining processes then yield the basic
products for fuels, lubricants, heating oils and plastics that
are designed to meet the highest standards. The last step is the
blending of the basic products and dosage of additives, resulting
in top-quality finished products. Some 70 percent of all petroleum
products consumed in Austria come from Schwechat Refinery.
BOREALIS PLANT
The total annual polyolefin production
capacity of Borealis’ plant
at Schwechat following the construction of a new Borstar polyethylene
plant and the expansion of the existing polypropylene plant is
currently around 1 million tonnes. Over 700 personnel are employed
by Borealis at their complex in Schwechat.
In 2005 a new plant was built to replace
three older plants and is based on the more efficient and productive
latest generation of Borealis’ proprietory Borstar technology
which has already established itself as an efficient process
for advanced polymers.
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