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Tüpraş Izmit Oil Refinery

Coordinates: 40°45′14″N 29°45′54″E / 40.754°N 29.765°E / 40.754; 29.765
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Tüpraş İzmit Oil Refinery
Websitehttps://www.tupras.com.tr/en/rafineries

Tüpraş Izmit Oil Refinery (Turkish: Tüpraş İzmit Rafinerisi) is an oil refinery in Izmit, western Turkey. It is owned and operated by Tüpraş.[1] Amongst others it refines Urals crude.[2] Its capacity is slightly less than that of Tüpraş Izmir.[3] It produces diesel fuel.[4] Climate Trace estimates that in 2022 it emitted almost 3 million tonnes of greenhouse gas.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Izmit Crude Oil Refinery Upgrade, Gulf of Izmit - Hydrocarbons Technology". www.hydrocarbons-technology.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  2. ^ "Russian Oil Exports Fall by One-Third". Energy Intelligence. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. ^ Turner, Elza (2022-03-28). "REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: More European plants stop buying Russian crude". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  4. ^ "Tupras commissions unit at Izmit refinery". www.ogj.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  5. ^ "Comparison Tool - Climate TRACE". climatetrace.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

40°45′14″N 29°45′54″E / 40.754°N 29.765°E / 40.754; 29.765