Česká rafinérská a.s. was the largest
Czech
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oil refining company and the largest producer of oil products in the country.
The company operated two refineries located in
LitvÃnov
LitvÃnov (; ) is a town in Most District in the Ústà nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. It is known as an industrial centre.
Administrative division
LitvÃnov consists of 12 municipal parts (in brackets po ...
and
Kralupy nad Vltavou
Kralupy nad Vltavou (; ) is a town in MÄ›lnÃk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It is known as a traffic hub and industrial agglomeration.
Administrative division
Kralupy nad Vltavou c ...
with a combined capacity of . It was shared company of the Unipetrol, ENI and Shell (originally included one more owner, Conaco Philips). After the privatization of the Unipetrol (sold to the ORLEN Group), Shell and Conaco sold their portions and subsequently the ENI as well, finally Unipetrol was the sole owner of this company.
The Litvinov refinery is designed to process 5.8 million tonne-per-year of Russian crude oil whereas the Kralupy refinery processes up to 3.3 million tonne-per year of oil from other sources.
The Litvinov refinery can be modified to process non-Russian grade oil which is currently received through the
Druzhba pipeline
The Druzhba pipeline (, ), also referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline, is one of the world's longest oil pipelines and one of the largest oil pipeline networks in the world. It began operation in 1964 and remains in oper ...
.
See also
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Energy in the Czech Republic
References
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Oil and gas companies of the Czech Republic
Energy companies established in 1995
Energy companies disestablished in 2017
Czech companies established in 1995
2017 disestablishments in the Czech Republic