Tipper ni scrap yard ya Refinery,labda storage tanks kwani ziliendelea kutumika.
Kwanza ilipofungwa kuzalisha watu wakajichukulia vipuli.Tusema Tipper is old scrap yard ya Refinery,and outdated,and very expensive to Repair and operate.Not attractive to investors.
Jenga state of art modern Refinery sio kufufua old stone age plant.
Sawa kabisa , ndio maana nasema watu waliishia kufikiri pale mitambo ilipoharibika. hawakuweza kufikiri nje ya box.
Kwa taarifa tu, refinery ya Zambia, Indeni Petroleum Refinery, iliyojengwa baada ya TIPER, wao bado wanaoperate hata leo.
Na wabia wao ni hao hao waitaliani.
Sisi kwa kutafuta sababu za kijinga kutofanya kazi hatujambo sana.
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Overview[edit]
The petroleum refinery is described in some publications as a "very small and simple refinery". It was constructed in 1973, with capacity to refine 24,000 bbl/d of crude oil, and process 1,200,000 tonnes (1,322,774 tons) of feedstock annually. Crude oil is imported via the Kurasini Oil Jetty in
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania and is delivered to the refinery through the 1,704 kilometres (1,059 mi)
Tazama Pipeline. The annual delivery capacity of the pipeline is also the annual processing capacity of the refinery.
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Operations[edit]
The Indeni Refinery is configured as a
Hydro-skimming refinery. Designed in 1973, the refinery is not able to refine pure crude at commercial levels and processes spiked crude.
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The refinery is able to produce the following products:
[4] (a)
unleaded petrol (b) automotive gas oil (c) industrial kerosene (d) domestic kerosene (e)
Jet fuel (f)
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (g)
reformate (h)
fuel oil and (i)
asphalt.
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Ownership[edit]
When the refinery was established in 1973, it was owned and managed by
Indeni Petroleum Refinery Company Limited, a 50/50 joint venture between the
government of Zambia and
Eni, the
Italian energy conglomerate, through their subsidiary
Agip Zambia. Under the terms of the joint venture, Eni was responsible for the management of the refinery.
[4] In 2001, Eni sold their shareholding to
Total S.A., through their subsidiary
TotalFinaElf. Total took over management of the refinery.
[6] In 2009, Total S.A. sold their shareholding to the Zambian government for consideration of US$5.5 million.
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Since then, there have been attempts to bring on-board a strategic partner with funding and expertise to upgrade, modernize and expand the refinery.
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