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Homs refinery

Syria / Hhims /
 oil and gas industry, oil refinery

following the independence, SYRIA started to develop the economic and social base of progress.

Homs Refinery Company HRC , the first refinery in Syria, came into operation in 1959 with a capacity of 1million ton/ year of light Iraqian crude oil to satisfy the local market demands of petroleum derivatives and export the excess .

During the last four decades ,(HRC ) passed several steps ;due to the national exploitation of oil fields and increased demands of petroleum products, the capacity was raised in1996 . to 2 million tons/year of Light and heavy Syrian Crude Oil.

Few years later , following the Corrective Movement, which leaded to a social and economic stability , HRC experienced other expansions to reach a total capacity of 5.7M.M.T / year of both Light and Heavy Crude Oil.

HRC was erected in Homs which occupies a strategic position in the middle of Syria and is considered as a tourist center , with 478 m above sea level . Aassi (Orontes) River passes through Homs and supplies HRC with the required quantities of water . Homs Refinery Company is located7 km west of the city on the international high way to Lebanon . It occupies about 4 km² area and employs about 4500 persons distributed as : engineers , technicians , workers and All its products comply with the Syrian Standards Specifications.
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Coordinates:   34°43'3"N   36°38'23"E

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