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These BAT conclusions cover certain industrial activities specified in Section 1.2 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU, namely ‘1.2. Refining of mineral oil and gas’.
In particular, these BAT conclusions cover the following processes and activities:
| Activity | Subactivities or processes included in activity |
|---|---|
| Alkylation | All alkylation processes: hydrofluoric acid (HF), sulphuric acid (H2SO4) and solid-acid |
| Base oil production | Deasphalting, aromatic extraction, wax processing and lubricant oil hydrofinishing |
| Bitumen production | All techniques from storage to final product additives |
| Catalytic cracking | All types of catalytic cracking units such as fluid catalytic cracking |
| Catalytic reforming | Continuous, cyclic and semi-regenerative catalytic reforming |
| Coking | Delayed and fluid coking processes. Coke calcination |
| Cooling | Cooling techniques applied in refineries |
| Desalting | Desalting of crude oil |
| Combustion units for energy production | Combustion units burning refinery fuels, excluding units using only conventional or commercial fuels |
| Etherification | Production of chemicals (e.g. alcohols and ethers such as MTBE, ETBE and TAME) used as motor fuels additives |
| Gas separation | Separation of light fractions of the crude oil e.g. refinery fuel gas (RFG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) |
| Hydrogen consuming processes | Hydrocracking, hydrorefining, hydrotreatments, hydroconversion, hydroprocessing and hydrogenation processes |
| Hydrogen production | Partial oxidation, steam reforming, gas heated reforming and hydrogen purification |
| Isomerisation | Isomerisation of hydrocarbon compounds C4, C5 and C6 |
| Natural gas plants | Natural gas (NG) processing including liquefaction of NG |
| Polymerisation | Polymerisation, dimerisation and condensation |
| Primary distillation | Atmospheric and vacuum distillation |
| Product treatments | Sweetening and final product treatments |
| Storage and handling of refinery materials | Storage, blending, loading and unloading of refinery materials |
| Visbreaking and other thermal conversions | Thermal treatments such as visbreaking or thermal gas oil process |
| Waste gas treatment | Techniques to reduce or abate emissions to air |
| Waste water treatment | Techniques to treat waste water prior to release |
| Waste management | Techniques to prevent or reduce the generation of waste |
These BAT conclusions do not address the following activities or processes:
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the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas;
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the transportation of crude oil and natural gas;
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the marketing and distribution of products.
Other reference documents which may be relevant for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions are the following:
| Reference document | Subject |
|---|---|
| Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector (CWW) | Waste water management and treatment techniques |
| Industrial Cooling Systems (ICS) | Cooling processes |
| Economics and Cross-media Effects (ECM) | Economics and cross-media effects of techniques |
| Emissions from Storage (EFS) | Storage, blending, loading and unloading of refinery materials |
| Energy Efficiency (ENE) | Energy efficiency and integrated refinery management |
| Large Combustion Plants (LCP) | Combustion of conventional and commercial fuels |
| Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals — Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers Industries (LVIC-AAF) | Steam reforming and hydrogen purification |
| Large Volume Organic Chemical Industry (LVOC) | Etherification process (MTBE, ETBE and TAME production) |
| Waste Incineration (WI) | Waste incineration |
| Waste Treatment (WT) | Waste treatment |
| General Principles of Monitoring (MON) | Monitoring of emissions to air and water |