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Island View configuration:
The products received from the refinery by pipeline are stored in many tanks situated on four different sites at Island View, pending distribution. The fuels are first batched and certified for quality before release. The marine fuels are loaded into bunker barges which then supply the fuels to ships in the port. The other fuels are either shipped to other ports
in Southern Africa, piped inland, or hauled by road and rail to various markets. All product imports are handled within the same system of tanks and berth loading facilities. The base oils produced are received by pipeline from the refinery by Blendcor, who blend them into finished lubricating oils and package them for marketing.
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This is how the SAPREF refinery is configured. The Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) (1) offshore receives crude oil from crude tankers. The South Crude Tank Farm (2) receives and stores most of the crude from the SBM.
South Zone (3) processes about 70% of the crude including visbreaking of the heavy residue, sulphur recovery and treating. It produces jet fuel and paraffin, various solvents and sulphur.
North Zone (4) processes about 30% of the crude and produces base oils, waxes, extracts, jet fuel and diesel.
Central Zone (5) provides most of the upgrading capacity via the Catalytic Cracker. The main petrol components are produced in the Platformer, HF Alkylation unit and the Catalytic Cracker. Gasoils are treated for diesel production and propene is produced for rail delivery by Dispatch.
All the processing units are controlled and managed from the
Central Control Room (6).
Utilities (9) provides the fuel gas, steam, boiler feed water,
cooling water and instrument air necessary for operation of all units. Oil Movements spans the entire refinery, managing the storage and blending of all the hydrocarbons from crude to finished products.
Dispatch (7) manages the road and rail delivery to customers of bitumen, waxes, extracts, solvents and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The refinery to Island View transfer pipelines cross this bridge (8) over the Umlaas Canal and go underground all the way to Island View in the port of Durban. These lines transport approximately 85% of the refinery’s products to storage and batching at Island View. All of the paraffin, aviation fuel, petrol, diesel, marine fuel oil and base oils are supplied through Island View.
SAPREF configuration
COMMEMORATING 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
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