Homs refinery
Syria /
Hhims /
World
/ Syria
/ Hhims
/ Hhims
, 9 km from center (حمص)
World / Syria / Hims
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.
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.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°43'3"N 36°38'23"E
- Sadad Gas Fields 45 km
- North Al Faid gas field 46 km
- Abu Rabah gas field 52 km
- Bilas oil field 81 km
- Al Mahr field 97 km
- Jihar field 100 km
- Gas pipeline 101 km
- Gas pipeline 107 km
- Sha'ir Gas Field 113 km
- Gas pipeline 116 km
- Jobar groves 2 km
- vergers Jober & Sultania .. 3.1 km
- Umm Haratayn 4.2 km
- al-Feyzih 4.8 km
- Old Military Airport (defunct) 4.9 km
- Fertilizer plant 5.3 km
- Khirbet Tin Nur Subdistrict 7.9 km
- Markaz Homs Subdistrict 12 km
- al-Houla Plain 13 km
- al-Hilou Mountain (1050 m) 19 km
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