Bandar Abbas refinery (also known as refinery #8), the biggest in the Middle East with refining capacity of 300,000 bpd, was constructed in a 7 square kilometer area near the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. The feed of this refinery is heavy oil plus some condensate extracted from Sarkhoon gas treating plant.

Its daily products were planned to comprise 46000 barrels of gasoline, 37000 barrels of Kerosene and jet fuel, about 67000 barrels of furnace fuel, about 70000 barrels of gas oil, 5000 barrels of tar, together with more than 7000 barrels of LPG.

The products of this unit were expected partially to be exported as well as to meet the demands of the southern parts of Iran, and moreover, to be partially transported to the central regions through the 450 km long 26" Bandar Abbas - Rafsanjan pipeline.

Joint venture of Snamprogetti and Chiyoda, the Italian Company undertook the EP and supervision of this project.

Description:

The role of OIEC in construction was as follows:

• Civil works (Section B), in which OIEC achieved about 130,000 cubic meters concrete work, it comprised concrete foundations for the equipment, concrete pipe rack, concrete cooling pond, etc.
• Buildings, including 15 industrial and non-industrial buildings, such as substations, control rooms, administrative, etc.
• Underground pipelines and cable laying project (Section B). This pipeline included the sea water distribution network, cooling water systems, chemical sewage system, and was equipped with conduits and cable works. In the system, pipes of up to 104 inch were used, which were internally cement lined for protection against sea water corrosion.
• Installation of atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit. This unit is very complicated, supported with a preheating furnace.
• Fabrication of twin channels 5000 meters long, together with the emergency channel 500 meters long. These channels were constructed with the average depth of 6 meters from the ground level.
• OIEC also constructed feed water internally cement-coated pipelines (from the Persian Gulf to the refinery) jointly with Perlit Company. The feed water to be used in cooling systems, for providing desalinated, potable and demineralized water.
• Construction of the access roads, extended along the channels.

The construction of above mentioned activities was started in late 1992 and completed by early 1997 and the man-hours spent by OIEC was 10 million.