Narva Oil Plant

Narva Oil Plant (Estonian: Narva Õlitehas), a subsidiary of Eesti Energia, is a producer of shale oil from oil shale. It operates a commercial scale shale oil retorting plant, located in Narva, Estonia.

History

The oil shale retorting plant (the UTT-3000 refinery) was built in the late 1970s next to the Eesti Power Plant to provide shale oil as a start-up fuel for the power plants. The plant was commissioned in 1980.^[1][2] Since beginning of 1990s, the oil plant operated as a part of the Narva Power Plants. In September 2007, the oil plant was separated from the power plants and the separate subsidiary of Eesti Energia was established.^[3]

Description

The retorting plant consists of two modified Galoter type solid heat carrier retorts (Enefit retort)—both processing 125 tonnes per hour of oil shale.^[4][5] Main products are fuel grade shale oil, raw material for bitumen and antiseptics.^[1] The designed annual capacity of the plant is 220,000 tons of shale oil and 60 million cubic meters of retort gas.^[6]

New plant

In May 2009, Eesti Energia announced that it plans to build a new shale oil plant adjacent to the existing plant with processing capacity of 2.26 million tonnes of oil shale per year. It would produce 290,000 tonnes of shale oil and 75 million cubic meters of oil shale gas per year. The cost of the new oil plant is approximately 3 billion Estonian kroons (€191.7 million, US$264.2 million). The construction was launched in the second half of 2009, and it is expected to be commissioned in 2012.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (PDF) EBRD project summary document - Estonia: Narva Power. Environmental Issues Associated with Narva Power Plants´Executive Summary. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 2002-05-15. http://www.ebrd.com/projects/eias/narva.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-26. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Ots, Arvo (2006) [2004]. Toni Tyson; Mary McQuillen. ed (PDF). Oil Shale Fuel Combustion. Tallinn: Arv Ots; Eesti Energia. pp. 13–17. ISBN 978-9949-13-710-1. http://deepthought.ttu.ee/soojus/monograafiad/AOts_Oil%20Shale%20Fuel%20Combustion_web%20sisu.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
3. ^ (PDF) Annual Report 2007/2008. Eesti Energia. 2008. http://www.energia.ee/fileadmin/files/dokumendid/annual_report/annual_report_2007-2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-26. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Liive, Sandor (2007). "Oil Shale Energetics in Estonia" (PDF). Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal (Estonian Academy Publishers) 24 (1): 1–4. ISSN 0208-189X. http://www.kirj.ee/public/oilshale/oil-2007-1-1.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-23. 
5. ^ (PDF) Strategic significance of America’s oil shale resource. Volume II: Oil shale resources, technology and economics. Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Petroleum Reserves; Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; United States Department of Energy. 2004. http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/npr/publications/npr_strategic_significancev2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
6. ^ "Oil Shale Symposium:Field Trips". The International Oil Shale Symposium at Tallinn University of Technology. http://www.oilshalesymposium.com/index.php?id=13. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
7. ^ David Mardiste (2009-05-22). "Estonia plans $260 mln oil shale plant, eyes nuclear". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLM70129220090522?sp=true. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 

External links

• Website of the Narva Oil Plant
• Corporate website of Eesti Energia